From: Snag_one@msn.com   
      
   On 2/8/2026 2:24 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:   
   > 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?   
      
      I was thinking along the same line of dual drive to one shaft though   
   I don't see a point unless it's a heavy load and it will balance torque   
   on the unit .   
      
      
   >   
   > 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.   
   >   
      
     Are those the SOHC singles ? I've heard HP numbers from those motors   
   that are hard to believe .   
   --   
   Snag   
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   when they stayed foreign ...   
      
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