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On Sun, 2003-05-18 at 20:48, Jim Adney wrote: > On 18 May 2003 at 18:24, Russ wolfe wrote: > > > The gears changed, but the ratio didn't. They went to a finer tooth gear > > for quieter running. They also changed in the T-1 at the same time. > > And yes, the T-1 final ratio changed in '73, but it went to the the > > 3.875 ratio, IIRC. > > Yes, it is the finer pitch gears that I was talking about, except for the 1st > gear change, I think. The fine pitch gears actually did change the ratios > slightly, but I would agree that the change is insignificant. .89 on the old gears, and .88 on the new in 4th > > Okay, so the beetles made the same change to the fine tooth gears at the same > time. Do you think you can hear the difference? I don't think I can. > Only 3rd and 4th went to the finer teath. And I don't think that a T-3 owner would notice the difference, due to the better sound deadener. In a T-1 111 plain jane, you could definitely tell the difference. One thing we found with the finer gears, was that it was best NOT to pull a trailer with these gears. We had several come in under warranty, with teeth gone off of 4th gear, and it happened while they were pulling a trailer. -- Russ Wolfe '66 FB MT '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org