scsmith
Well Known Member
In the process of final installation of my new Hartzell governor.
It came with a very strange drive gear on it, kind of a skip-tooth gear. It has four pairs of teeth, with a gap between the pairs, as if it has four missing teeth.
Is this right? Anyone else have one like this? Doesn't seem like the gear would stay meshed very well, and might slip a cog as it turns.
To answer my own question:
The governor drive gear fits into a female gear socket that engages all the teeth on the drive gear. So, the fact that Hartzell seems to think that a skip-tooth gear is sufficient does not allow the gear to slip or anything. All OK.
It came with a very strange drive gear on it, kind of a skip-tooth gear. It has four pairs of teeth, with a gap between the pairs, as if it has four missing teeth.
Is this right? Anyone else have one like this? Doesn't seem like the gear would stay meshed very well, and might slip a cog as it turns.
To answer my own question:
The governor drive gear fits into a female gear socket that engages all the teeth on the drive gear. So, the fact that Hartzell seems to think that a skip-tooth gear is sufficient does not allow the gear to slip or anything. All OK.
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