Gear Drive

Small gear driving a larger gear

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Gear Drive

Large gear driving a smaller gear

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Gear Ratio
The number of revolutions a drive gear
must turn before the driven gear
completes one revolution
Calculated by dividing the number of
teeth on the driven gear by the number
of teeth on the drive gear
Gear Ratio = # of driven gear teeth
# of drive gear teeth

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Gear Ratio
If the drive gear has 12 teeth and the
driven gear has 24 teeth, the gear ratio is
two-to-one
Gear Ratio = # of driven gear teeth
# of drive gear teeth
= 24
12
= 2 or written 2:1

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Gear Ratio

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Transmission Gear
Ratios
First gear
Second gear
Third (high) gear
Reverse gear

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3:1
2:1
1:1
3:1