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03-19-2018, 05:26 AM | #1 |
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ring and pinion gears + other questions
1. are ring gears interchangable (as long as the same number of teeth are used)?
2. is there special wire that should be used when safety wiring? 3. when safety wiring should washers be added behind castle nuts so the wire will go thru the slots in the castle nuts? |
03-19-2018, 05:31 AM | #2 |
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Re: ring and pinion gears + other questions
1. are ring gears interchangeable (as long as the tooth count is the same)?
2. is there a special wire to be used when safety wiring (i.e. final ass'y of ring gear and carrier assy)? 3. should washers be added behind the castle nuts so slots in the nuts line up with the holes in the bolts? |
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03-19-2018, 08:55 AM | #3 |
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Re: ring and pinion gears + other questions
1) Yes they are interchangeable as long as wear is not to bad-in theory. They will eventually wear in together.
2) No, as long as the dia. is correct. Just not galvanized, it loses some strength-at least that is what I have found. 3) Yes, the slots should line up with the holes. That will keep the nuts from backing off. If I am wrong someone will correct me Mike
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03-19-2018, 03:15 PM | #4 |
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Re: ring and pinion gears + other questions
I would not use lock washers inside the differential. Sometimes the lock washers break and then chunks of steel are floating around inside.
Try a different nut in that position OR Grind off some of the mating surface of nut to line up cotter key slots. Grinding mating surface allows nut to turn a little so it lines up. Last edited by Benson; 03-19-2018 at 03:23 PM. |
03-19-2018, 05:53 PM | #5 |
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Re: ring and pinion gears + other questions
So, the ring gear and the pinion gear are interchangeable? They don't have to be a matched set?
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03-19-2018, 07:17 PM | #6 |
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03-19-2018, 08:47 PM | #7 |
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Re: ring and pinion gears + other questions
A gear pair weren't made matching, they became that way by lapping them till they were. A pair that have not gone through the matching process might be noisy at first but as they work, they will match themselves and get quieter.
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03-19-2018, 09:33 PM | #8 |
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Re: ring and pinion gears + other questions
Thanks - Patrick L. And Synchro909. I've gat a set that are supposed to come from the same car, but I don't know that for sure. This puts a little more comfortable in using them.
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03-20-2018, 03:52 AM | #9 |
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Re: ring and pinion gears + other questions
so in the "wearing in process" won't the particles that wear off contaminate the oil and get in the bearings?
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03-20-2018, 06:55 AM | #10 |
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No more than particles from normal wear will do the same! It is always a good idea to change the oil not long after reinstalling something like a diff anyway. Oh, and I have a magnet on the drain pug to collect metallic particles.
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Re: ring and pinion gears + other questions
Quote:
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