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Old 04-09-2008, 02:16 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by alantani
the center point of the main gear from the center point of the pinion gear would have to be the same. you would simply be changing the outer diameters of the main and pinion gears to maintain that same distance between center points of both gears. then you would have to find the proper gear tooth size to match both gears. i believe there are computer programs that will do this for you.

it's all done by computer now. alan
Exactly the post I was waiting for! Thanks Alan! I'm going to go and mess with some of my older, junk reels tonight and take a better look at things
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