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Originally Posted by e9999
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the 20" was a euphemism, of course, but why do you think the spider gears are so delicate anyway? Just smaller? I mean, heck, you got gears everywhere in your TC and trans and they're good for 200,000 miles....
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Spider gears only turn to allow different tire speed, this is normally only a couple of revolutions as the rig turns, then are mostly stationary. They aren't designed, or have bearings for high speed or constant operation.
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"We have come to the conclusion that we can run our car over any road that a man can take a team of horses and a wagon, providing we can get traction." Dr. Horatio Nelson Jackson, 1903
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