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Ted is correct, the final drive ratio is a combination of the pulley ratio and the worm gearbox on the driver axle.

I made a poor man's lathe by pressing the 18-tooth pulley on the shaft of a spare Pittman motor and used a sharp chisel to remove most of the outer "belt keeping" flange from the pulley.  It then fit into the frame without needing to modify the frame itself.  I don't recall needing to adjust the motor position for this project.  There were others that needed it, but I don't think this one did.  To be honest, most of these mods were done 10 or 12 years ago so memory is a little foggy.

Last edited by Bob

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