Johnny Dart
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Motive gear sets are made by Richmond
Not true.....Motive gears were originally from Italy. Sounds like they are now made offshore. Don't be surprised if your Richmond gear is made by Motive.
Motive gear sets are made by Richmond
Not true.....Motive gears were originally from Italy. Sounds like they are now made offshore. Don't be surprised if your Richmond gear is made by Motive.
Not true.....Motive gears were originally from Italy. Sounds like they are now made offshore. Don't be surprised if your Richmond gear is made by Motive.
I have to disagree.Brand of gear has nothing to do with gear noise. That's 100% on the installer. If gears whine, it's because they were installed wrong. End of story.
National drivetrain sold them, I bought a 3.55 set for my 7 1/4 .... they broke a tooth on the ring gear. They said made in italy.Not true.....Motive gears were originally from Italy. Sounds like they are now made offshore. Don't be surprised if your Richmond gear is made by Motive.
I have to disagree.
I just put a brand new Richmond 4.10 with all new bearings etc. Suregrip I run has .001 run out, set up pinion depth and back lash perfectly with depth gauge and dial indicator. They are noisy and the Richmond name is no longer stamped on the gear. Google it and you will see they were bought by US Standard or something.
I installed some gears outside under a truck based off of tech supports recommendation of whatever grouping of shims. Got it together, and brought it to a shop, it was right on. Never heard a noise from that set of gears. No, I'm not an expert, more of a hack that got lucky?Then your setting is wrong. The gear settings provided with the gears is only a guideline. You always go by the gear pattern left by marking compound.
It's the gear. I'm fully aware the specs get you in the ball park and you tweak the pattern afterward. The new products are not the same quality as the old gears is my point. A good name was bought out by a huge company to make shareholders more money IMO. I got 15 quiet running years out of the old Richmond 3.91 until it broke a ring gear tooth off launching at the track. I will try another brand after this set fails or wears out. I can't hear the whine at the track with the headers uncapped.Then your setting is wrong. The gear settings provided with the gears is only a guideline. You always go by the gear pattern left by marking compound.
I guess there could be a flawed set. but for anyone to say Richmond gears whine is wrong.Then your setting is wrong. The gear settings provided with the gears is only a guideline. You always go by the gear pattern left by marking compound.
I guess there could be a flawed set. but for anyone to say Richmond gears whine is wrong.
We have ran them spooled, sure gripped, welded lol with 14 " slicks and never had a gear failure.
I only listed a handful of ratios we used.
Hey Jimacuda! Does your 4.10 gear do ok on on the highway? Or just not tolerable? I am going with 3.91's in my dart sport 360 292/508 cam abd 3400-3600 9.5" FTI converter. Just trying to get an idea.
Hey Jimacuda! Does your 4.10 gear do ok on on the highway? Or just not tolerable? I am going with 3.91's in my dart sport 360 292/508 cam abd 3400-3600 9.5" FTI converter. Just trying to get an idea.
Sounds good! Currently have 3.55s but not really my liking. The are ok but I think will not do so good with the bigger cam. Know have the 280/474 cam but will be going to the 392 cam. Also will try the holley strip dominator single plane. I think I can get away with this intake because of the 3.91's higher stall.
To bad already swapped in 3.91's rear. But I hope I can live with rpm increase.