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 dbmanx
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 posted on September 27th, 2002 at 07:53 PM |
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Kombi Vs beetle tranny in buggy
Bought a buggy and am in the process of rebuilding. I'll be driving mainly in the city, but will go off road a little. It currently has a Kombi
tranny (with spider gear) which is supposedly fine. Should I keep it or put in a beetle tranny in. If so what should I pay? Will the tranny gear let
drive at a decent speed on roads. Any info would be great as I'm still learning
Thanks
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dbmanx
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| posted on September 27th, 2002 at 09:23 PM |
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What speed can I comfortably drive in kmh with a kombi box
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| posted on September 27th, 2002 at 09:47 PM |
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What transmission ?
You need to tell us which kombi transmission ? Are we talking IRS or swing axle ? |
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dbmanx
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| posted on September 28th, 2002 at 10:32 AM |
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Swing axle from the 60's
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| posted on September 28th, 2002 at 09:11 PM |
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So
we are talking reduction hubs ? are the big or small nut boxes ? |
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dbmanx
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| posted on September 29th, 2002 at 09:18 AM |
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I've been told that it is a 60 - 63 box.
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| posted on September 29th, 2002 at 11:49 AM |
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dbmanx, I think what you meant to say at the start was it is a reduction gear box, not a spider gear. A spider gear is the two gears in your diff, all
gearboxes (non lsd) have them.
The reduction hub gearbox you have is no stronger than a beetle one, as it is basically a beetle gearbox with the diff flipped and different axles.
If you go to a beetle gearbox you will lose a lot of the ground clearance you must have at the rear at the moment.
Early (60-63) reduction hubs varied between 1.68:1, 1.40:1, 1.38:1, 1.26:1. The later ones (63.5-67) were all 1.26:1. The safe speed you can do on the
highway will depend on what tyre size and reduction ratio you have.
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| posted on September 30th, 2002 at 09:38 PM |
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I have a type one box in my manx at the moment which is geared a little tall for my likings- but great high way speeds are not recomended as
buggy's are too light and not very aero dynamic- I wont take mine over 80mph as the front end starts to lift and skip a bit ( rather frightening
at that speed). |
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