702854boy 44 #1 Posted January 20 Would the 6 speed transaxles come with 1 inch hubs or 1 1/8 inch hubs? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gwest_ca-(File Mod) 11,177 #2 Posted January 20 Both Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 69,741 #3 Posted January 20 43 minutes ago, gwest_ca said: Both All the 1967 to 1969 SIX speeds I've seen had 1 1/8" axles. 8 speeds did have both. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gwest_ca-(File Mod) 11,177 #4 Posted January 20 I have never understood this 6-speed 8-speed description. What 2 speeds does one have or not have over the other? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 69,741 #5 Posted January 20 Just now, gwest_ca said: I have never understood this 6-speed 8-speed description. What 2 speeds does one have or not have over the other? @stevasaurus can explain it better than me. Basically it's a marketing issue from back in the day but also they were actually different. The brake drum was attached to a different point. Gear ratios are identical though. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handy Don 13,087 #6 Posted January 20 3 hours ago, ebinmaine said: @stevasaurus can explain it better than me. Basically it's a marketing issue from back in the day but also they were actually different. The brake drum was attached to a different point. Gear ratios are identical though. Exactly. Same gears -- 1-2-3-R and Hi-Lo with exactly the same ratios as the 8-speeds. Six came from marketing six forward speeds vs. the until-then-standard three forward speeds. Six speeds all had Limited Slip Differentials with either aluminum or steel end caps. Most had no dipstick. All had the brake drum on the “mushroom” gear shaft (as did the earlier 3-speeds) vs. on the cluster gear shaft of the 8-speeds. The switch on the brake drum shaft had two implications: 1) the drum rotates in the opposite direction, and 2) it rotates faster on the 8-speeds vs. the 3- and 6-speed transaxles. 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stevasaurus 22,968 #7 Posted January 20 This 3 speed/4speed & 6speed/8speed thinking comes from Wheel Horse's own repair manual for "manual" transmissions. Take a look at the "contents" page #3 to understand how Wheel Horse looks at their tarnsmissions. There is "V" five sections...one for each of the different types of manual transmissions. Everything you need to know is in this manual. @702854boy the correct answer to your question is...all 6 speed transmissions have 1 1/8" axles. Take a look at page 3 of the above manual. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
702854boy 44 #8 Posted January 20 @stevasaurus thanks 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
