I am sure this is a stupid question but I am ordering the gears off the net and it has the gears by U.S. gear are these good gears? Also they have complete rebuild kits to do I need these or not? Should the gears come with the shims to do the install? And is there anything else I should know before I install these finally?
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Finally getting gears
- Thread starter azxjman
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- West Sacramento, CA
Are you doing the install yourself? I'm leaving mine to the URF team. I'm not sure what you'll need, but I'm getting a master setup kit for both ends, along with new axle seals and collars for the 44 rear. I think the gears will be just the ring and pinion, but the setup kit should have shims.
- Location
- Indiana-Missouri
alright!
way to go!
what ratio did you decide on?
US gear seems pretty okay to me, I used them a while back, been using motive gear as a second choice to dana spicer...but my recent gearsets, 5.13's and now 5.38's have all been motive.
way to go!
what ratio did you decide on?
US gear seems pretty okay to me, I used them a while back, been using motive gear as a second choice to dana spicer...but my recent gearsets, 5.13's and now 5.38's have all been motive.
- Location
- Indiana-Missouri
AZ, even though you are gonna try to have someone install the gears, have a look at west coast differentials and randys for thier tech sections.
MrShoeBoy
NAXJA Forum User
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- Cincinnati, OH
azxjman said:
Typically if you buy a ring and pinion set, they do not come with shims. Its just the pinion gear and the ring gear. You want to get a master install kit in addition to the gears. The master install kit will have all new bearings, shims, and some gear marking compound.
When doing the gears in the front end, replace the inner axleshaft seals. They are adjacent to the carrier bearings and since you will have the carrier out anyways, its a good time to replace them. You can also replace the rear axleshaft seals and or bearings since you will have the axleshafts out. The rear seals are easier to do than the fronts.
As B said, its a good idea to check out Randys and west coast diffs site for the tech pages. It helped me out when I did mine
Good Luck,
AARON
