Subject: Rear drive gears
Author: murp-@aol.com
Date: Jan 31, 2001, 2:04 PM
Post ID: 1705208161
To any and all,
As some of you may know, I have been loofing for an Ambassador rear
drive, with the 8/35 final drive ratio. I recently bought what I thought
was a matched set, but when the package was delivered, what I got was
two 37-tooth ring gears (with pretty badly scored teeth), one 35-tooth
ring gear which looked almost unused, and a moderately scored 8-tooth
pinion gear. My problem is that I don't know if the pinion gear was used
on one of the 37-tooth ring gears (I suspect this is the case, as it
shows almost the same wear) or on the 35-tooth ring gear. So, my
question is this: can I use the 8-tooth pinion gear from an 8/37 gear
set along with my 35-tooth ring gear, even though it is (most likely)
not a matched set. I suspect that the answer is 'NO", but wanted to
check first.
Thanks in advance,
Brian