[Tigers] Rear End Gears

[steve wick]

Everything mechanical wears out eventually, but I've had gear sets go 200K
miles with no problem. In my case of just rebuilding the rear end, my gears
have 135K miles on them, but looked good, and the car isn't a daily driver. I
probably won't put over 2K miles a year on it, so I figured I was safe for my
lifetime. If it was something I was going to drive 15K miles a year and I was
spending the money to have everything else replaced, I'd replace the gears
also so I wouldn't be doing it again in 3 years or so. This is just my opinion
of course.

Steve (in N. Idaho)
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Thomas Witt<mailto:atwittsend at verizon.net>
  To: tigers at autox.team.net<mailto:tigers at autox.team.net>
  Sent: Friday, September 12, 2008 9:56 PM
  Subject: Re: [Tigers] Rear End Gears


    I'm curious about not using used gears.  Seems that people will pull the
  carrier and replace it with a LSD or something of the sort and use the
  original gears - and it is not an issue. What is the difference between that
  and accurately setting the pinion depth and ring play with used gears in a
  different housing? Especially if the tooth print seems correct.
  Thanks, Tom

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