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NCH-003 Officially Full-On Dubber

334 posts · joined Feb 2003 ·

#676573
This might a Stupid question but i have a twincab and it has reduction hubs fitted in doing this the previous owner has turned the gearbox upside down.
My question is will the the gear change pattern be the same as right way up or will it be reversed??



Derek
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2013 MRK 7 Golf GTI

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11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#676575
Wow.. thats the strangest thing I've ever heard...

any pics??

what model dual cab??

Early models did have reduction gearboxes...

but later models did NOT...

and many are removed anyway

so, its very strange???

LEE
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NCH-003 Officially Full-On Dubber

334 posts · joined Feb 2003 ·

#676577
It is a 76 bay window.Apparently the gearbox was turned over to get reduction hubs to work properly.
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DubCrazy Custom Title Time!

1,295 posts · joined Jul 2003 ·

#676579
pics???
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NCH-003 Officially Full-On Dubber

334 posts · joined Feb 2003 ·

#676581
Not a very good pic but can get the idea.

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Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang

9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 ·

#676584
taking a stab in the dark here but im pretty sure reduction hubs spin the opposite way which would be why someone has flipped the gearbox over

in bugs and early kombis u can just flip the R&P gear over to make them spin backwards but apperently this cant be done with later bay boxes
but i wouldnt think that being upside down would affect the pattern
cos its still just the rod movign back to front and clockwise/anticlockwise, i wouldnt think that is gonna change by rolling the box over