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Old 07-09-2017, 08:06 PM   #1
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ring gear cracking-longer life

Anybody had any good luck with reheat treating ring gear or Cryo
for longer life?
 
Old 07-10-2017, 04:53 AM   #2
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I wondered this also.. maybe shot peen like they do for rods?
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Old 07-10-2017, 07:44 AM   #3
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I don't know that much can be done to the ring gear itself when it is more than likely deflection causing it to crack.
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Old 07-10-2017, 08:03 AM   #4
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Set them tight run higher psi in tires ..
 
Old 07-10-2017, 09:26 AM   #5
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I am a believer of micro polishing/taking some hardness out. Of course I am not sure how easy this can be done in a quick time. I had a set of used gears in my truck, they had around 100K on them, picked them up used on craigslist. Ran them for 3+ seasons, and the carnage I saw.
1. Blew the internals out of an ARB
2. Broke the welds on a welded open rear
3. Went through numerous sets of axle bolts
4. Wadded up a set of traction bars(which destroyed a rear yolk, broke ball joints off the front, as well as front axles.

Never once did I have a rear ring gear fail.
I feel a used set of gears has basically been through a long process of micropolish and had the harness taken out.

PS I also set them up as tight and as deep as possible(tight enough that grabbing the rear tire and spinning them took a little bit of effort)
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Old 07-10-2017, 09:59 AM   #6
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I am a believer of micro polishing/taking some hardness out. Of course I am not sure how easy this can be done in a quick time. I had a set of used gears in my truck, they had around 100K on them, picked them up used on craigslist. Ran them for 3+ seasons, and the carnage I saw.
1. Blew the internals out of an ARB
2. Broke the welds on a welded open rear
3. Went through numerous sets of axle bolts
4. Wadded up a set of traction bars(which destroyed a rear yolk, broke ball joints off the front, as well as front axles.

Never once did I have a rear ring gear fail.
I feel a used set of gears has basically been through a long process of micropolish and had the harness taken out.

PS I also set them up as tight and as deep as possible(tight enough that grabbing the rear tire and spinning them took a little bit of effort)
I also know someone that bought a used set of gears that had been in a truck for several thousand miles and never broke it after. Was getting 3-4hooks out of new gears.
 
Old 07-11-2017, 02:34 PM   #7
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I just had a set cryoed and installing load bolt also this week so we will see if they last longer
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I just had a set cryoed and installing load bolt also this week so we will see if they last longer
This helps a ton from what we have seen.
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Old 07-11-2017, 02:47 PM   #9
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I am a believer of micro polishing/taking some hardness out. Of course I am not sure how easy this can be done in a quick time. I had a set of used gears in my truck, they had around 100K on them, picked them up used on craigslist. Ran them for 3+ seasons, and the carnage I saw.
1. Blew the internals out of an ARB
2. Broke the welds on a welded open rear
3. Went through numerous sets of axle bolts
4. Wadded up a set of traction bars(which destroyed a rear yolk, broke ball joints off the front, as well as front axles.

Never once did I have a rear ring gear fail.
I feel a used set of gears has basically been through a long process of micropolish and had the harness taken out.

PS I also set them up as tight and as deep as possible(tight enough that grabbing the rear tire and spinning them took a little bit of effort)


Not relevant to the thread but...

Was #4 at Scheid one year? 2010-2011?
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Old 07-11-2017, 02:52 PM   #10
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Not relevant to the thread but...

Was #4 at Scheid one year? 2010-2011?

HAHA yep!
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I am a believer of micro polishing/taking some hardness out. Of course I am not sure how easy this can be done in a quick time. I had a set of used gears in my truck, they had around 100K on them, picked them up used on craigslist. Ran them for 3+ seasons, and the carnage I saw.
1. Blew the internals out of an ARB
2. Broke the welds on a welded open rear
3. Went through numerous sets of axle bolts
4. Wadded up a set of traction bars(which destroyed a rear yolk, broke ball joints off the front, as well as front axles.

Never once did I have a rear ring gear fail.
I feel a used set of gears has basically been through a long process of micropolish and had the harness taken out.

PS I also set them up as tight and as deep as possible(tight enough that grabbing the rear tire and spinning them took a little bit of effort)


Leave it to me to find that failure point haha


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