Ford 9" gear pattern

zukkev · Feb 6, 2013

Still too deep...remove whatever shim you have in there now, throw that .012" shim back in there, set it up again, and post a pic of that....:corn:

LiftedZuki · Feb 6, 2013

This is no shim, i ordered a 0 to 60 inch lb, i was a little light on preload, didnt think it was enough.

Getting. 005 shim in soon

Little Red Zuk · Feb 8, 2013

Probably should end up closer to .020 when done. That .012 was too deep as well.

LiftedZuki · Feb 8, 2013

I never posted any shims on here.

All pics were no shims

zukkev · Feb 8, 2013

Throw that .012" shim in there and take a shot or two of what you have for pattern with it...:awesomework:

LiftedZuki · Feb 13, 2013

LiftedZuki · Feb 13, 2013

.006 shim.

Backlash at 009

Blackout · Feb 13, 2013

Got a picture of the pattern on the pinion?

LiftedZuki · Feb 13, 2013

It looked not bad, but that was before I went from no shims to .006.

Maybe I need to do the .004 shim?

preload is set at low 20s IIRC, was in spec for the "new bearing" preload settings.

zukkev · Feb 13, 2013

Drive side still looks too deep...That coast side's F'd-up...Why only the tiniest bit of contact???

LiftedZuki · Feb 13, 2013

No idea!!!

I'll try .009

I haven't gotten a "great" coast side ever. Even when the drive side looked great (except too deep obviously)

zukkev · Feb 13, 2013

You're doing a great job of the step process, and I felt this fits best in Tech...
Are these new, or used gears????

LiftedZuki · Feb 13, 2013

new motives.

I think it's bad quality gears...

I'm going nitro or US gear if I regear anything myself.

Thanks, starting to piss me off and kick my ass.

I'm starting to feel like I suck, but this makes no sense?.

I tried tighter dfiferent backlashes as well, minimal different.

zukkev · Feb 13, 2013

At work, I ran across a new gearset in a new box, that although they were new, they had an odd paint color on them. Well, after trying to get them to set up right (which i couldn't no matter what I tried...) for most of a day, I finally called the vendor, and when I told them of the paint I saw on the gears, their response was "Those should never have made it into a box, as they are a test set." Needless to say I had a set of gears, and install kit the next day, and they set up beautifully... Schtuff happens occasionally...:awesomework:

LiftedZuki · Feb 13, 2013

LiftedZuki · Feb 13, 2013

Turned it by ring gear instead of pinion per gear installs.com

Way better results

zukkev · Feb 13, 2013

Still too deep...And whether you use the pinion, or the ring gear, it should NOT change the pattern when done by hand---if it does change, somethiing's wrong...