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Question for you, I have a 9 I'm building. A few resources I have found online say that over 4.56 gears the teeth get too long and hit the staddle bearing housing. A few resources say grinding the toe edge of the ring gear is prefered over the housing, 1) because that section of the ring gear is not used. 2) grinding the housing would make it weaker and prone to failure. What are your thoughts on this?
Next question: I am replacing the crush sleeve with a solid spacer and shims. The solid spacer is a two piece design with the shims contained between them. Without a shim, I am low on pinion bearing preload and high when I add a 0.006 shim (the thinnest shim that came in the set).
I assume I am going to have to machine the solid spacer down, 0.255 and use the 0.0060 shim to gain the approximate 0.447. Am I on the correct mental path right now. Yukon Gear and Axle (who makes the kit is no help.
Question for you, I have a 9 I'm building. A few resources I have found online say that over 4.56 gears the teeth get too long and hit the staddle bearing housing. A few resources say grinding the toe edge of the ring gear is prefered over the housing, 1) because that section of the ring gear is not used. 2) grinding the housing would make it weaker and prone to failure. What are your thoughts on this?
Next question: I am replacing the crush sleeve with a solid spacer and shims. The solid spacer is a two piece design with the shims contained between them. Without a shim, I am low on pinion bearing preload and high when I add a 0.006 shim (the thinnest shim that came in the set).
I assume I am going to have to machine the solid spacer down, 0.255 and use the 0.0060 shim to gain the approximate 0.447. Am I on the correct mental path right now. Yukon Gear and Axle (who makes the kit is no help.