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Its the way the gears are cut, the reverse gear is a "straight" cut and very very strong while all the foward gears are "angularly" cut which makes them quiet but not as strong.
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[hr]Originally posted by: Cisco88
sounds like a R/C car.....[hr]
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sounds like a R/C car.....[hr]
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Rep Power: 316 its definately a 4 cylinder car trait, i've driven a bunch of 4 cyl's, and they all had that RC car sound. but i have never heard a V6 with that sound ( like my dad's maxima and minivan ). i dunno, i can care less about the sound, but....uhhh....how loud is it from the outside of the car?
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[hr]Originally posted by: JAG609
why the hell does my 02 ex sound like a damn battery powered car when im reversing??[hr]
[hr]Originally posted by: JAG609
why the hell does my 02 ex sound like a damn battery powered car when im reversing??[hr]
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/question522.htm
"Manual transmissions use mostly helical gears, but reverse is a special situation that requires a different type of gear - a spur gear.
The gears that make up the forward gear ratios are all helical gears. The teeth on helical gears are cut at an angle to the face of the gear. When two teeth on a helical gear system engage, the contact starts at one end of the tooth and gradually spreads as the gears rotate, until the two teeth are in full engagement. This gradual engagement makes helical gears operate much more smoothly and quietly than spur gears. Also, because of the angle of the gear teeth, more teeth are in engagement at any one time, this spreads the load out more, and reduces stresses.
The only problem with helical gears is that it is hard to slide them in and out of engagement with each other. On a manual transmission the forward gears stay engaged with each other at all times, and collars that are controlled by the shift stick lock different gears to the output shaft (see How Manual Transmissions Work for details). The reverse gear on your manual transmission uses an idler gear (the large spur gear visible at the right side of the picture below), which has to slide into mesh with two other spur gears at the same time in order to reverse the direction of rotation.
Spur gears, which have straight teeth, slide into engagement much more easily than helical gears, so the three gears used for reverse are spur gears.
Each time a gear tooth engages on a spur gear, the teeth collide instead of gently sliding into contact as they do on helical gears. This impact makes a lot of noise and also increases the stresses on the gear teeth. When you hear a loud, whirring noise from your car in reverse, what you are hearing is the sound of the spur gear teeth clacking against one another! "
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why the hell does my 02 ex sound like a damn battery powered car when im reversing??[hr]
[hr]Originally posted by: JAG609
why the hell does my 02 ex sound like a damn battery powered car when im reversing??[hr]
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they all sound like that
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Rep Power: 0 i don't know about a turbo, but have you ever raced someone in reverse? its hella fun!! and tuns heads really fast, just don't over rev. i don't know it the limiter will catch the reverse gear. yeah thats a good question... duz it??
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i don't know about a turbo, but have you ever raced someone in reverse? its hella fun!! and tuns heads really fast, just don't over rev. i don't know it the limiter will catch the reverse gear. yeah thats a good question... duz it??
i don't know about a turbo, but have you ever raced someone in reverse? its hella fun!! and tuns heads really fast, just don't over rev. i don't know it the limiter will catch the reverse gear. yeah thats a good question... duz it??
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