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Re: We're going to lose our position...
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lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto
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Tue, 12 Feb 2002 15:02:35 GMT
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http://brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=71774
I have never seen that particular crown gear before.
I've been in Technic since my go-cart circa 1979 and have a variety of
different crown gears (including the black ones from early 80's) but that
one is just weird. It has this curvy surface that goes from the crown to
the axle, that gives the proper distance for the teeth meshing on the new
differential. As well, as people have noted, the center protrusion of the
crown gear must have been removed for clearance of the differential.
Wow, I want one!!
Dave
In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Trevyn Watson writes:
> Ross Crawford wrote:
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> > I saw somewhere someone chopped the annoying centre protrusion off a crown
> > wheel to get this to work - can't remember where off-hand. I prefer the old
> > diffs anyway 8?)
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> > ROSCO
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> Was it perhaps this post (to lugnet.robotics):
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> http://news.lugnet.com/robotics/?n=16199
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> I don't think the person says anything about modifying his parts, but in
> one of the pictures one can clearly see a crown gear driving a new-style
> diff. Maybe older crown gears didnt have that thing sticking out?
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| Ooops! Sorry! Didn't know you had to 'fess up to a teeny weeny bit of modification in a MOC ;) Yeah, I'm one of a few, it seems, who like to do what the Lego designers do - make new parts for new models. So yes, that crown gear has had the boss (...) (23 years ago, 12-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| (...) Was it perhaps this post (to lugnet.robotics): (URL) don't think the person says anything about modifying his parts, but in one of the pictures one can clearly see a crown gear driving a new-style diff. Maybe older crown gears didnt have that (...) (23 years ago, 12-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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