Are these gears workable?

[halfafish]

I have a set of 3.23 gears for a 489 case. I don't know what the history is, they came in the 8-3/4 I bought used. The pinion has one tooth on the drive side that is mildly pitted, the rest of the teeth look good. The ring has about 15-20 teeth that are more pitted as shown. Are these gears still workable? They are extras I was going to sell, but I don't want to pass them along if they are junk.

 

[bobscuda67]

Junk

 

[Alaskan_TA]

It can be re-purposed. A gearhead storage idea for, well, gearheads!

 

[Demonracer]

Definitely junk, those gears would howl like a blood hound on a scent. LOL

 

[318willrun]

junk

 

[fishy68]

Paper weight material

 

[QuickDart360]

Too far gone! Junk. Get some 3.91's!

 

[RustyRatRod]

I have to agree. The pinion is passable, but the ring gear is pitted way too far.

 

[halfafish]

Thanks for the feedback guys. This is as I suspected, the ring didn't look good but I'll offer up the pinion cheap in case someone can use it and is on a budget.

 

[fishy68]

Thanks for the feedback guys. This is as I suspected, the ring didn't look good but I'll offer up the pinion cheap in case someone can use it and is on a budget.

Unfortunately it's just a paper weight. Ring and pinions are matched sets. If you mix and match them they do not work. I learned that the hard way when I was a kid. Tried mixing and matching a ring/pinion set and it howled like a banshee

 

[halfafish]

Aha. Thanks for the heads up. I shall send the offending critters to the recycle pit.