I'm wanting to fit reverse to one of the buggies, but dont want to fork out for a fwd/reverse box as reverse only really gets used for getting in/out of the garage and turning around.
So thinking of using an electric reverse setup. Ideally I'd like to use a winch - I have a 12v 3000lbs winch on my pickup which happily pulls the buggy along at approx 1mph - which would be ideal, but unlike a starter motor it would always be engaged. If I used a winch with sprockets/jack shafts would it get damaged by being engaged all the time, I.E it would be spinning backwards whenever the buggy was moving.
Other option is a starter motor, but then are generally more expensive and more of a task to fit using gear rings etc, but I would get the advantage of it only engaging when in use.
I thought about putting gears on the winch motor and lifiting/pivoting it into position when it needs to engage but a chain/jackshaft setup would be much easier.
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So thinking of using an electric reverse setup. Ideally I'd like to use a winch - I have a 12v 3000lbs winch on my pickup which happily pulls the buggy along at approx 1mph - which would be ideal, but unlike a starter motor it would always be engaged. If I used a winch with sprockets/jack shafts would it get damaged by being engaged all the time, I.E it would be spinning backwards whenever the buggy was moving.
Other option is a starter motor, but then are generally more expensive and more of a task to fit using gear rings etc, but I would get the advantage of it only engaging when in use.
I thought about putting gears on the winch motor and lifiting/pivoting it into position when it needs to engage but a chain/jackshaft setup would be much easier.
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