Talk:Gear ratio
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The article states "In the picture, each time the 13 teeth of the smaller gear make a revolution, 21 teeth of the larger gear make exactly one revolution." This statement is misleading or confusing. Each time 13 teeth of the smaller gear make a revolution, the larger gear has made 13/21 of a revolution.
It is not clear in this article which gear is applying power to the other. Can somebody clarify?
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[edit] "Example" section
I accidently saved my edit before I meant to, so I didn't get to write a complete comment. I'll simply comment here, and be wordier about it!
The example section was incorrect about a few points and in places where it was correct, it was not a very good "example" (it was not representative of a realistic car). I've replaced it with a bit of an analysis of the gearing in a C5 Corvette Z06. I thought using an actual car would make the section more interesting.
- It WAS based on an actual car; the Saab 96 - but you would be too young to know... MH 16:07, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
I think I've written up some pretty good information, but rereading it, it's really dry. It also needs wikification, and it uses all Imperial measurements. I'd like to fix this later, but if anyone gets to it first, please go at it! TomTheHand 18:33, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
[edit] .= Gear BOX =.
Предлагаю технические знания.Разработки,изобретения,"ноу-хау". Область применения:автомобилестроение,пьезотехника,энергетика.
[edit] Made an extremely minor change to the page.
A sentence was ended with a preposition.
[edit] What is reduction gear?
I searched reduction gear and it redirected me to this page. There is nothing that says reduction gear, only the word reduction appears once. There needs to be some sentence that says what a reduction gear does. This redirect was useless and uninformative.
Onionmon 21:35, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
please explain how to calculate the car speed if the following known datas 1.engine speed rpm 2.gear ratio 3.final redn ratio 4.circumfarance of the tyre —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.154.4.246 (talk) 06:44, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] External links sections
I have added a link to an applet created by me that can calculate the theoretical speed at a certain rpm/gear. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Trident01 (talk • contribs) 23:49, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Poor choice of teeth numbers
21/13 = 1.61538 which leads to 1:1.62
Then 1/1.62 gives 0.62 but it is really 0.6190
The risk is that someone will see 1: 1.62 and then see 1/1.62 or 0.62 as 1-1.62
25/13 would be better
25/13 1.923 and 1:1.923
Then 1/1.923 gives 0.52
Ircoha (talk) 17:16, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
