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Re: This ought to be easy
Posted to Technical Theory Forum on 12/4/2005

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Hi Merle,

The number of teeth could be the same. However, :-)

With the same ratio of 3:1 the pinion would turn once and drive the ring gear 1/3 of a turn. So as the diameter of the ring gear incre... Login to read more.