Eng-Tips is the largest engineering community on the Internet
Intelligent Work Forums for Engineering Professionals
-
Congratulations waross on being selected by the Eng-Tips community for having the most helpful posts in the forums last week. Way to Go!
-
Backlash/Center distance
I am fairly new to gears and am trying to visualize the formula for figuring backlash from adjusted center distance between two gears. (2 X difference in center distance X tan P.A.) measuring backlash perpendicular to P.A. why tan and not sine? I visualize the centerline distance as the...- jasnjules
- Thread
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Gear and Pulley engineering
-
1045 spline stress cracks
I make splines for a Harley Trike shop. 4 recent failures (clean straight break) at a c-clip groove I believe due to stress cracks and vibration. I propose adding more radius to the groove, but wonder if a different grade of steel will help too. Currently using 1045 CF. Any suggestions? 1050...- jasnjules
- Thread
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Steel and Stainless engineering
