[Fot] Crown and pinion gear break in

[John Styduhar]

Proper R/P breakin includes heat cycling the gears and allowing them to
cool.  Failure to heat cycle may lead to catastrophic failure.  I would
also jack up the rear end between sessions to see if the backlash is being
maintained.


On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 12:53 AM Greg Blake via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
wrote:

> I would love to here the FOT experience in breaking in new differential
> gears. What has worked well for you in the past?
>
> Last weekend, I was running the TR3 at Hallett with a brand new 4.55 gear
> set and it failed. I probably got 30 laps total in 4 sessions on track. I
> did not think to follow any set break in procedure with the gears and I am
> wondering if that is why they failed.
>
> I am interested in the lists experience with brand new or new old stock
> ring and pinion break in.
>
> Here is a pic of the failed set.
>
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