Correct ring gear?

[OverlandOperator]

Your guy didn't take into account the carrier break on your LSD.

that was the fault of the seller, who assured me the kit was what i needed and would fit. he was just working off what i told him, based on what the seller told me. not his fault. he didn't order the parts. i did. that was the point of the entire thread. i ordered the wrong gear set, based on erroneous information from retailer.

so now i have an extra ring and pinion for a tj wrangler's dana 44, if anyone else is re-gearing and has a Nitro Gear carrier (which necessitates the thick ring gear, from what i understand)... hit me up, i'll sell it cheap.

 

[jjvw]

that was the fault of the seller, who assured me the kit was what i needed and would fit. he was just working off what i told him, based on what the seller told me. not his fault. he didn't order the parts. i did. that was the point of the entire thread. i ordered the wrong gear set, based on erroneous information from retailer.

so now i have an extra ring and pinion for a tj wrangler's dana 44, if anyone else is re-gearing and has a Nitro Gear carrier (which necessitates the thick ring gear, from what i understand)... hit me up, i'll sell it cheap.

Glad that is cleared up.

 

[OverlandOperator]

well, yes. when did anyone say he wasn't?

 

[mrblaine]

I think several people who have responded here are genuinely concerned that you and perhaps your mechanic are not quite fully aware of the ins and outs of gear set-up. Its reasonably complicated and can fail quickly and occasionally spectacularly without proper attention to detail. If you are interested, have a look at this:

http://billavista.com/tech/Articles/Gear_Setup_Bible/index.html

I know a gent in the gear business for many years. They did lots of gear work. As such, they tested a lot of the rules violations and found in general, they were mostly "bunk". They routinely set up "mismatched" gear sets and reported that the vast majority of them worked fine with about the same amount of noise you encounter moving a used set to another housing which is almost impossible to pattern match. I'd never be comfy with it, but that's because I don't know shit about gears.

 

[Woodrow]

I know a gent in the gear business for many years. They did lots of gear work. As such, they tested a lot of the rules violations and found in general, they were mostly "bunk". They routinely set up "mismatched" gear sets and reported that the vast majority of them worked fine with about the same amount of noise you encounter moving a used set to another housing which is almost impossible to pattern match. I'd never be comfy with it, but that's because I don't know shit about gears.

I believe it. At this point I've seen a few examples of lets say non-traditional gear set ups that worked OK, at least in the short term. I think with enough experience, which I don't have and probably never will have, a smart person would probably figure out what corners can be safely cut and in what situations.