8" ring/pinion setup question *Pics Update*
Well my buddy got done putting in the gears for my rearend today. Took a little longer than he thought because he's a perfectionist hehe (I have no probs with that!). He currently has about 8-10 thousandths backlash on it. Now here's our question (1st time doing an 8" for him), he's tried every combination of pinion spacers to get that pattern in the middle of the gears. but it's still showing up more towards the toe side. I believe on the drive side, he has a nice little margin of space at the the top of the tooth. On the other side it appears to be flush with the top of the tooth. He's tried both extremes of spacers (and plenty of combinations within)and couldnt get it to where he wanted it.
He said he would be comfortable putting it in his car, was just bothered he couldnt get it where he wanted. He took some pics and is supposed to be emailing them to me sometime tonight just to get you guys/gals a better idea. Just not here yet hehe. When you look at the chart the picture represents it being incorrect backlash since it's rubbing more towards the toe...8-10 thousandths sound right to you guys?
I know it's hard to give a decent opinion without pics, hopefully my description was somewhat detailed enough to make somewhat of a judgement. Knowing all this, would you guys go ahead and toss it in?
UPDATE:
Here are the pics...what do ya'll think?
-Frank
Well my buddy got done putting in the gears for my rearend today. Took a little longer than he thought because he's a perfectionist hehe (I have no probs with that!). He currently has about 8-10 thousandths backlash on it. Now here's our question (1st time doing an 8" for him), he's tried every combination of pinion spacers to get that pattern in the middle of the gears. but it's still showing up more towards the toe side. I believe on the drive side, he has a nice little margin of space at the the top of the tooth. On the other side it appears to be flush with the top of the tooth. He's tried both extremes of spacers (and plenty of combinations within)and couldnt get it to where he wanted it.
He said he would be comfortable putting it in his car, was just bothered he couldnt get it where he wanted. He took some pics and is supposed to be emailing them to me sometime tonight just to get you guys/gals a better idea. Just not here yet hehe. When you look at the chart the picture represents it being incorrect backlash since it's rubbing more towards the toe...8-10 thousandths sound right to you guys?
I know it's hard to give a decent opinion without pics, hopefully my description was somewhat detailed enough to make somewhat of a judgement. Knowing all this, would you guys go ahead and toss it in?
UPDATE:
Here are the pics...what do ya'll think?
-Frank