Topic: 2 speed peerless 700 and adding additional gears

[Shannon Quinn]

Guys I'm currently using a factory 2 speed peerless 700 out of  Murray Lawn Chief.  I'm finding out that this seems to be a rarity, as I've never even heard of anyone else having a 2 speed.  Would it be worthwhile to add a couple more gears (small adjustment up and down from 1:1)?  Also, I've heard there are certain transaxles that you can rob gears out of, that are direct fit into these 700's.  Is that true, and if so, what model tranaxle? 

Thanks in advance. 

[Burwell555]

All the 700 gears and transaxle gears I have ran across none of them are a "small jump" from year set to gear set. All are quite significant, and in my opinion not close enough to warrant chasing them down.

[Shannon Quinn]

Shannon,

   The gears from the 820 transaxles should fit and work in your 700 transmission, since some 700s already have 820 gears in them originally.  All available 820 ratios are listed in the Peerless 820 Transaxle & 017 Kit post here in the Driveline section.  And...all 820 gears are heat-treated.

So in theory, I could put two 23:27 gear sets in there, and just install them opposite of each other (23:27, and 27:23), and get the small adjustments up and down from 1:1 that I'm looking for?  

I apologize.....I haven't ran the full ratio calcs yet, and not sure how much of a difference those ratios would make.  

[TeamScoot]

So in theory, I could put two 23:27 gear sets in there, and just install them opposite of each other (23:27, and 27:23)

in theory you could, but its impossible since the shafts that the gears go on are completely different

[Shannon Quinn]

lol Ok so that won't work...