From: none@none.com99   
      
   On 2/8/2026 10:53 AM, Snag wrote:   
   >    Some years back a friend gave me this small gearbox unit . It's about   
   > (widest point) 4" square and about 8" tall . It has one splined shaft   
   > near the bottom , input I'd think . Above that it has 2 shafts - one   
   > solid piece most likely - coming out at right angles to the "input"   
   > shaft . Gear ratio is 1:1 , and all screws are safety wired .   
   >    The markings on the top of the unit are vard vfs860 and 2642-1  all   
   > cast in the top . Engraved is a serial number 867876 and an ink stamp   
   > also with 2642 . I can't think of anything offhand that would need 2   
   > splined outputs at right angles to the input , maybe one of y'all might   
   > have an idea .   
      
   A right angle gear box of course has lots of uses, but dual output shaft   
   might have fewer.  Do they turn the same direction?  You said likely one   
   solid piece, so probably not, but its a thought.  Maybe its for a heavy   
   load and two shafts with two drives would be more balanced on the   
   bearings of the gear box?   
      
   ID the gear box?  Not me.  I am struggle with sourcing gear boxes I can   
   afford for the applications where I can use one.   
      
   (I have no use at the moment for a gear box, but I may be looking for an   
   FNR gear box for a mini rail soon (for myself, not the BAJA SAE club*).   
   I want to power around 20HP before performance tuning, and off the shelf   
   generic components for more than 18 are expensive and or hard to find.   
      
   * The BAJA SAE kids are running a bone stock 14hp Kohler Commander with   
   a restricter plate.  (Geez might as well be Nascar where everything is   
   the same under the skin)  The only room they have to play really is in   
   tires and gearing.   
      
   --   
   Bob La Londe   
   CNC Molds N Stuff   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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