what BRAND gears do you run?? post it!!!

 

Yukon from Randy's Ring and Pinion. You already knew that.

I've used Richmonds too, but they are expensive and always seem to whine, even when set up properly.

 

richmond is about all i've ever used. have used strange too and gm

 

yeah richmonnds are notorious for whinning loudly though...which is perfectly fine....but for a newbie to gear swaps like me...a whine would scare me into pulling the rear back apart...

too bad the gears i got were bad.... --pinion head wobbled--

you could visually see it wobble when you spin th pinion around in the rear .....

the guy i bought it from off of ebay said he would send me another set which is cool.....glad to see the guy is willing to work with people.....he seems to sell quite a btit of used gears....and you just gotta expect SOME of them to not be 100% good..

 

the yukon brand gears hold up well i take it? i was thinking of getting a set for my 9 bolt from them.

 

Quality is on par with OEM or Richmond, but you can't beat the price!

 

Yukkon are the best bang for the buck. PRO tech are all right also and cheap.

 

The only gear for me is Spicer.

Jerry

 

I got motive, but I don't like how they don't engrave the backlash onto their gear sets. Those of you with other gears, do they have the backlash engraved into them?

 

What? i know my gf gears dont have the backlash engraved into them and id like to know whats a good place to set them at, i know all companies vary......but inbetween .006 an .0010 is a safe guesstamate for *most* gears.......correct me if im wrong.

i really have no idea wtf the GM specs are for it, ever try to call gm and ask them ANYTHING? heh....they couldnt even give me a damn price on 3.73s *new* ...they asked for my vin # and claimed the gears could NEVER fit in the car, no matter what i did....well ...when i say *they* i mean the moron on the other end of the phone.

 

I know what you mean. I called my local chevy dealer to find out what speedo gears came in v6 cars with 3.42's. The guy tried to tell me they had 7 and 19. Those were never even made. Took me 4 dealerships to finally get someone who had a clue and was able to look it up and tell me they had 15 and 41.

 

Yes the gears were made, He was looking a gears for a T-5

Jerry

 

Good to know, except I told him I had an auto. The second dealership I called told me it was impossible for them to even look it up. I thought it was funny when I finally got a guy who knew what he was talking about and the first thing he did was look it up.

 

heh yeah, ive gotton the "its impossible to look up" quite a few times....i usually tell them ho wworthles they are and how the hell do they even have a job dealing with cars or parts....

15:41 ...isnt that the 2.73 actual gear ratio?

anyways, what IS the correct speedo gears for the 3.73s?? anyone know?? when i *had* my car running , i didnt like seeing 60 mph when i was going 45 lol

 

I'm pretty sure 17/37 is for 2.73's. 15/41 is for 3.42's. 15/45 is for 3.73's. Beyond that nothing is available.

 

so 15/45for the 3.73 gears --before i run out and buy the wrong gears--..


Do you happen to have a part number, seeing how GM people are retarded and insist the only way to gt parts is trhough a VIN # heh

 

yes, i'm pretty sure that's right. I don't have the part numbers on hand, but I checked on gmpartsdirect and when you include shipping they are more than just getting them straight from the dealer. Best thing to do would be to just go to your local chevy and hopefully find someone competant enough to look up the gears for you and order them. I think it was about $9 each with tax for me.