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ZANE 01-21-2013 15:20:18 98.83.102.236 Report to Moderator	Can't really tell by looking at the parts book breakdown of the 8N transmission but it looks like the reverse idler could be made twice it's current size and the gear on the cluster gear half it's present size and a hunk be cut out of the transmission housing to make room for the idler gear and a big patch be welded over the too big gear????????????? Zane [Reply]   [No Email]
JMOR 01-21-2013 15:48:47 72.181.173.171 Report to Moderator	Re: What were they thinking? in reply to ZANE, 01-21-2013 15:20:18   Quoting Removed, click Modern View to seeJohn Smith went through all this reverse gear stuff in a post a few years ago, comparing 8N to NAA and IF I remember correctly, the 8N shared maybe 2nd or 3rd with reverse and with NAA they added a dedicated reverse idler drive gear to get a lower reverse. But you can't swap them. [Reply]  [No Email]
ZANE 01-21-2013 17:30:57 98.83.102.236 Report to Moderator	Re: What were they thinking? in reply to JMOR, 01-21-2013 15:48:47   I have an 8N with the NAA "hump" for the oversize reverse idler but it is not slower than any other. Same old 8N reverse. Zane [Reply]  [No Email]