RE: more on gear lightening- Warranties!

["Jason Hagen" <hagen_jason1@xxxxxxx>]

Based on what analysis?  Have you (or somebody else) performed a Finite 
Element Analysis of the gears, loads and durability of the modified gears?

Alternatively, has somebody tracked that there have been no failures to date 
with any of the gear lightening modified transmissions?

I would tend to agree with your siggestion that it likely wouldn't affect 
strength (i.e. circular lightening performed correctly would not typically 
result in stress concentrations, etc.), but where's the evidence to say 
"NO"?

-Jason



> From: bearbvd@domain.elided (Greg Hermann)
> Reply-To: bearbvd@domain.elided (Greg Hermann)
> To: "Jason Hagen" <hagen_jason1@domain.elided>,  Graham.Spencer@domain.elided, 
> alfa@domain.elided
> Subject: RE: more on gear lightening- Warranties!
> Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 09:21:56 -0600
>
> At 9:36 AM 8/29/03, Jason Hagen wrote:
>
> >Lightening the gears costs money,
>
> yes, it does.
>
> >but may affect reliability and
> >strength of the gears.
>
> No, it does NOT.
>
> Greg
> >
> >-Jason Hagen
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