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Originally Posted by Stretch
Helical gears make more noise when used backwards...
...straight cut gears are stronger (well they should be!) I'd be surprised if they were fitted to any TN gear box though - as that would have made it a lot more specialised and expensive. These little commercial vehicles aren't meant to last as long as they do - they're not as well built as say a Unimog.
I could be wrong about the TN gear boxes - I'm just going on the Ford Transit ethos => build it cheap and base it on as many high volume car parts that you can.
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Some compacts do come with straight-cut reverse gears, though -- I'll ask next time I'm at the dealer. Well, I'll see... maybe Dr. Sternschnuppe knows? I hope they're helical-cut...
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