BluegrassDiesel
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How many of you 2.6 guys have broken ring and pinions this year? How many sets have you been through?
How many people truly set them up according to spec. Doing the rolling resistance for the pinion and and get a pattern that is as good as factory?
I don't agree with setting them up to the factory spec for pulling. I actually haven't broken an ring an pinion yet. I was shelling off axle bolts at will, as well as blowing an ARB to bits.
I would like to do a load bolt, as well as another idea.
So your saying you are smarter than the Dana engineers? Lol
Do you set them up with the gears set deeper for no backlash? Full teeth contact?
If so that's fine I just want to see out of all the gears broke, how were they set up. If a class is influenced by this thread subject then I just want to make sure it's based on intelligent and competent Info. I don't want some guy say he broke ten sets and come to find out he used the same shims it had before and didn't check anything. And no I'm no expert on settin up gears. It sucks in my opinion. It's a repetitive pain in the butt job.
no reason to set them up to factory specs.
That's a Zstroken answer there. Lol tell me how you set yours up. Did you throw it together and hope it works?
In my opinion tight on the backlash is fine but pinion depth is very important to not having issues. The bearing preload I'm not sure on which is part of the reason I was asking what you guys do.
Yep! Bring yours over and for $250 I will set it up the way I like, $350 if you wanna watch, $450 if your gonna help! LOL
Yep! Bring yours over and for $250 I will set it up the way I like, $350 if you wanna watch, $450 if your gonna help! LOL
Yeah but I also have a brother that does this for a living and he works door free wether I watch or not. Lol. I broke a stock factory set up 3.55 gear that had 30-40 hooks, 3 broken Trans, 2 axles and 70k original miles. But to say 2.6 is too much for the R&S is not accurate in my case.
How many guys run ring gear snubbers or a load bolt?