| Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,746 | If you're turning one wheel, with the other one on the ground, the spider gears will cut the driveshaft speed in half. It will take two turns of one rear wheel while counting the driveshaft rotations to get an accurate guesstimate of the ring and pinion ratio. Jerry
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