Rear/front diff

[rkcrawl]

Originally posted by PARAGON:

These Ring/pinions are not interchangable front to back. These are designed for front wheel drive, so, obviously it's not on the "coast" side.

They've been dedicated ring/pinion sets for the front for quite some time.

I never said they were interchangable. What I *SAID* was a standard cut R&P is weaker when the SAME R&P set is used in a rear axle application.

So yes, a Dana 44 would be a good example because they are used in front and rear application, as would a Dana 60, etc.

The point about being designed for front applictations only doesn't matter with respect to how the teeth are cut on the ring and pinion.

Unless someone points to how these gears are cut differently, its still a standard cut R&P gear used in a front axle application, which means that the power is being applied to the weaker side of the ring gear teeth.

Under normal circumstances this is a meaningless point, but under wheeling coniditions it is a consideration, and that is what we are talking about here, aren't we?

The ring gear failed while wheeling, presumably in 4Lo. I'm not saying its the cause...but it may be a contributing factor.

In my opinion, anyway, which is based on my experience breaking numerous low pinion R&Ps.