kryptonite
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well, i got the steel gears in the mail today for testing. wow are they nice!. im going to do a short video review and some field testing maybe tomorrow/friday and into saturday. for now here are some pics and just a few thoughts..
the package that i recieved came with the blue alum gear plate all the bearings, vented clutch bell, 3-25t gears, 1-35t gear and the diffs first way shaft. preasembled to boot. you might think "why the gear plate?", but its an updated version to fit the metal gears. you'll see in the pics that they trimmed about an inch off of everything. installation would have takin about 10 minutes, but i spent alot of time drooling over her like an old pervert. i would of course sugjest replacing the oem bearings for some fasteddy's, but i'll be testing this set-up as i recieved it.
the first thing i noticed was the hole set-up is really skinny. they did away with the "square hubs" and used a round hub with 4 pins that hold the gears in place. the standard plastic gears are 1/2" thick were as the new steel gears are only 5/16" thick. the cool thing about everything being thinner is that even with the locking nut the gears don't stick out past the chassis. it makes the gear cover look like a monstrosity. im thinking some might be concerned about the pins holding the gears on, but im hoping they will be fine and only time will tell. im going to run as much fuel as i can over the next few days and really beat the snot out of those gears. as far as the "fit" of everything it was perfect. all the bearing seats were nice and snug, the gears lined up perfect and the mesh was right on. i'll keep you all posted and thro up some vid when its ready.
the package that i recieved came with the blue alum gear plate all the bearings, vented clutch bell, 3-25t gears, 1-35t gear and the diffs first way shaft. preasembled to boot. you might think "why the gear plate?", but its an updated version to fit the metal gears. you'll see in the pics that they trimmed about an inch off of everything. installation would have takin about 10 minutes, but i spent alot of time drooling over her like an old pervert. i would of course sugjest replacing the oem bearings for some fasteddy's, but i'll be testing this set-up as i recieved it.
the first thing i noticed was the hole set-up is really skinny. they did away with the "square hubs" and used a round hub with 4 pins that hold the gears in place. the standard plastic gears are 1/2" thick were as the new steel gears are only 5/16" thick. the cool thing about everything being thinner is that even with the locking nut the gears don't stick out past the chassis. it makes the gear cover look like a monstrosity. im thinking some might be concerned about the pins holding the gears on, but im hoping they will be fine and only time will tell. im going to run as much fuel as i can over the next few days and really beat the snot out of those gears. as far as the "fit" of everything it was perfect. all the bearing seats were nice and snug, the gears lined up perfect and the mesh was right on. i'll keep you all posted and thro up some vid when its ready.
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