I guess I'm confused about the difference between hypoid and spiral-bevel.
Here's what I'm finding:
A hypoid is a type of spiral bevel gear whose axis does not intersect with the axis of the meshing gear.
Bevel gears are gears where the axes of the two shafts intersect and the tooth-bearing faces of the gears themselves are conically shaped.
Having read these two statements, I don't see how the final drive could possibly be a hypoid setup. I know the transfer case in my All-wheel-drive Mazda is a hypoid setup, but that's a completely different animal than a differential or final drive on a bike.
Anyone?
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