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Pulled the Dana cover to inspect the carnage #2564278 10/15/18 08:56 AM 10/15/18 08:56 AM
Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 9,823 MI, usa dvw OP master
dvw OP master Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 9,823 MI, usa	A hell of a lot of racket for one piece. Cheapy street gear. About 125 passes. Doug

Re: Pulled the Dana cover to inspect the carnage [Re: dvw] #2564313 10/15/18 11:24 AM 10/15/18 11:24 AM
Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,243 Charlotte, North Carolina sgcuda master
sgcuda master Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,243 Charlotte, North Carolina	Not that they are cheap. Street gears are more brittle than race gears. Just like chrome sockets and impact sockets. [image][/image]

Re: Pulled the Dana cover to inspect the carnage [Re: dvw] #2564318 10/15/18 11:30 AM 10/15/18 11:30 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,296 NE Ohio DoubleD top fuel
DoubleD top fuel Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,296 NE Ohio	Dont take much to make a mess of things - at least you found it before it decided to destroy everthing and hurt the transmission!

Re: Pulled the Dana cover to inspect the carnage [Re: dvw] #2564346 10/15/18 12:13 PM 10/15/18 12:13 PM
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 43,115 Bend,OR USA C Cab_Burge I Win
Cab_Burge I Win C Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 43,115 Bend,OR USA	Seeing the lines inside on that tooth tells me it was defective since it was made What ratio? Mr.Cab Racing and winning with Mopars since 1964. (Old F--t, Huh)

Re: Pulled the Dana cover to inspect the carnage [Re: Cab_Burge] #2564351 10/15/18 12:23 PM 10/15/18 12:23 PM
Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 21,819 Kirkland, Washington Pacnorthcuda Too Many Posts
Pacnorthcuda Too Many Posts Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 21,819 Kirkland, Washington	Originally Posted By Cab_Burge Seeing the lines inside on that tooth tells me it was defective since it was made What ratio? Based on that pic, I'm surprised it didn't fail on the first pass.

Re: Pulled the Dana cover to inspect the carnage [Re: dvw] #2564390 10/15/18 01:50 PM 10/15/18 01:50 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 5,894 Florida Locomotion master
Locomotion master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 5,894 Florida	I got lucky once as well. In a final round, I heard "POP" over all the noise of the car launching. I stayed in it and won the race. Sure enough, that one "pop" was one tooth off of an 8 3/4 gear. I always wondered if that standard 4.86 gear was saved from stripping more teeth because they were REM'ed and cryo'ed. But there was another one that did take out enough teeth to abort the run and hurt the trans.

Re: Pulled the Dana cover to inspect the carnage [Re: dvw] #2564392 10/15/18 01:56 PM 10/15/18 01:56 PM
Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 9,823 MI, usa dvw OP master
dvw OP master Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 9,823 MI, usa	It was a 4.30. Only one I found that fit a 3 series spool. US Gear makes a 4.30 pro-gear using 9310 material instead of 8620. It will require a 5 series spool. Doug

Re: Pulled the Dana cover to inspect the carnage [Re: dvw] #2564528 10/15/18 06:32 PM 10/15/18 06:32 PM
Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 2,560 S.E. Michigan cl440 master
cl440 master Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 2,560 S.E. Michigan	The Duster would get about 600 passes out of our street ring and pinion before it started eating itself. We have a pro gear in the Daytona.

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