Gear pattern check

[JodyJ]

What do you think of this pattern?

 

[macleanflood]

What's your backlash?

-Mac

 

[JodyJ]

Backlash is at 9

 

[hosejockey61]

What axle? Front or rear? High pinion or low pinion? As is, I would say it's runnable, but I would experiment going deeper by 1-2 thou.

 

[Woodrow]

What axle? Front or rear? High pinion or low pinion? As is, I would say it's runnable, but I would experiment going deeper by 1-2 thou.

Are you saying that because the coast side looks slightly shallow? The drive side looks perfect to me? But if it’s a low pinion 30 then may be a little deeper?

 

[JodyJ]

Low pinion dana 35 rear
Thanks for the input and the great videos you do! It’s what gave me the confidence to give this a try

 

[JodyJ]

What would you like to see change by going deeper?

 

[hosejockey61]

Are you saying that because the coast side looks slightly shallow? The drive side looks perfect to me? But if it’s a low pinion 30 then may be a little deeper?

I like to favor the side of the great the pinion uses to make the Jeep go forward. On a low pinion front axle, that's the coast side, high pinion is the drive side. In the rear it's just the opposite. So if a pattern looks good on one side but not the other (which happens more than one would think), I'm favor the side that the pinion contacts when going forward.

So according to the post above, we now know it's a LP rear, we want to make sure the drive side is happy if we can't get both sides perfect.

 

[hosejockey61]

What would you like to see change by going deeper?

The coast side is just slightly shallow. I would experiment taking it 1-2 thou deeper just to see if you can get both sides perfect. If not, this drive side pattern is perfectly acceptable to run, so keep the combination in case you need to come back to it.

 

[Woodrow]

On a low pinion front axle, that's the coast side, high pinion is the drive side. In the rear it's just the opposite. So if a pattern looks good on one side but not the other (which happens more than one would think), I'm favor the side that the pinion contacts when going forward.

So according to the post above, we now know it's a LP rear, we want to make sure the drive side is happy if we can't get both sides perfect.

Got that part

The coast side is just slightly shallow. I would experiment taking it 1-2 thou deeper just to see if you can get both sides perfect. If not, this drive side pattern is perfectly acceptable to run, so keep the combination in case you need to come back to it.

That answers my question. Thx. These are fun to evaluate, form an opinion and then check it against the experienced guy

 

[JodyJ]

Awesome, thank you I will give it a shot

 

[JodyJ]

Added .002 to pinion and this is it. I think it looks better

 

[hosejockey61]

I agree. I'd run that.