Hey guys:
Another path to pursue to make my Tiger more user-friendly:
My car came to me fitted with 3:07 gears in the rear end. It turns about
3,000 rpm at 60 mph.
Thinking a set of original 2:88's would bring the engine revs down to make
the car more relaxed to drive at highway speeds,
including less noise, vibration, and even perhaps improved fuel economy, I
picked up a set off eBay. Unfortunately, my local
Jeep guy who has a LOT of experience with Dana 44's is reluctant to put
them in my car.
He says often eBay rear-end gears will not take a pattern and it is a huge
expensive hassle to remove a good set of gears, replace them with
used ones of questionable lineage, find out they are "bad", and have to do
it all over again just to get back to ground zero. He quoted me
approximately
8 hours labour for one "cycle". (old gears out: new gears in).
The ones I have purchased look excellent, very little wear, (only a shiny
spot where the teeth were in contact, a "good" pattern) an came complete
with
the spider gears and cage.
Does anyone have any experience or advice on this change back to original?
Thanks,
Dave
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