gearing questions
 

hey everyone thought id post up here before the rest of my parts come in. im no expert to gearing but ive helped do it a few times before and am attempting to do it on my own for the first time. my g80 exploded pretty bad and ended up taking out my gearset, g2 warrantied my gears and bought a g80 for the time being, thankfully bought a low mile unit off a pt.net member and as soon as it comes in time for assembly.

my questions are since i am going with the same carrier and gearset should i be pretty close within my .008 BL from the time before? or could it be pretty far off? luckily ive still got my oe bearings we converted into setup bearings but i figured id ask beforehand. i dont know wether to expect it to fit the same or be pretty far off

thanks

TJ

Only way to really know is assemble it and check the gear depth and the pattern.

Im not goin to mention how mine looked or setup when i did the pinion bearings on 275k mile gear set. .. :nono:

figured id just grab my old setups put the shim ive got in now assemble and hope for the best, this things been a royal pain in the dick latley so im expecting it to change but well see what happens. and ouch man, my 240k 10bolt on my 90 was pretty bad, 275...kinda dont wanna know lol

the pattern of the pinion to the ring was almost 100% instead of the pattern being in the very center of each. and theres metal flowing on the outer edge of the ring gear.. :D

had a lil metal in the oil :lol:

gears are a pain man you need to know what you are doing anything unaligned will end up whining... and the oil stinks like hell to hahaha

I think the combination of transmission whinning, rear end whinning and wind noise. i dont even need a radio in my truck... :lol:

jonathan that sounds like hell man lol but radios are over rated lol...and la grey ive helped set up a few including my own, figured id give it a go on my own this time and see what happens lol but i couldnt agree more man, diff fluid smells like raunchy asshole lol

and just as i planned running into problems again, special ordered pinion bearing and its the wrong one...tried another part number and no match. shouldnt the oe bearing be the same as my aftermarket genuine gear bearings??

Bearings for the diff or pinion?

I cant find my cheat sheet for bearings now. the diff bearings are in your other thread tho.