At 11:07 AM 4/24/99 -0400, Al Pilvinis wrote: >================================================= >What happens when the reduction gear dies---- and this does happen. I fear that many folks concern themselves so much with maintaining their engines properly, that the transmissions suffer from neglect--and sometimes die from it. Gear boxes are extremely reliable. We have several hundred of them that we maintain at work, and it is very rare that one of them goes south. When they do, it is almost always because they had not been properly maintained. If you avail yourself of the predictive maintenance technologies that are becoming common in industry, you can almost always see a gear box failure coming and deal with it before it ever shuts you down. You should be doing regular oil analysis on both your engine and your transmission, for example. This is not to say that a properly maintained gear box will never shut you down, but you can reduce the probability of that happening to close to zero through proper maintenance. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ :: Paul and Cindy Kruse :: KJV Joh 14:27 Peace I leave with you, 165 South Kenneth Court :: my peace I give unto you: Merritt Island, FL 32952 :: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. E-mail: plkruse@iu.net :: Let not your heart be troubled, 407-453-6206 :: neither let it be afraid. :: +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++