degree of difficulty changing out the ring and pinion gear

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Adam

degree of difficulty changing out the ring and pinion gear

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Hi guys,

How hard is it to change my 4.30 ring and pinion gear to a 3.90? I'm going to assume it is more involved than just swapping the two gears. Is this something that is best done by a machine shop?

Thanks,

Adam
So Cal Mark

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it is more involved than just bolting in gears. Settings have to be very precise or you will have noise and/or premature gear/bearing failure
majicwrench

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Not a easy job unless you have done that kind of thing before. Not really machine shop work, but they might. Any good repair shop can deal with it.
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Re: degree of difficulty changing out the ring and pinion gear

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grab a good Spider repair manual and read up on how it is done. That will give you a good idea of what is involved.
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