Are used gears worth the investment?

[Nobody]

I have a buddy who is going from 3.73 to 3.55 gear ratio since he went to a turbo setup and he's cool to give me his used 3.73 ring & pinion. These 3.73's have been in an 11 second Mustang. So should I go through the work of putting these gears in my car or should I just get new ones?

Thanks

 

[89MustangGX]

You'll have a hard time "breaking" a set of gears, but they do wear differently. Especially if not installed correctly they can wear the wrong way. This could make it really hard to install them correctly again and have them quiet, etc.

To me, it's not worth it. For the right price -- I dunno. Gears aren't that expensive to me, it's the installation and everything that goes with it that hurts. I've done it a number of times and don't care to do it more than I have to.

 

[GTJake]

Mine are used. They whine, but no big deal.

Jake

 

[HoofnIt]

I got a used set of 3.55 FRPP gears and have had no issues. The guy who did the install said they were in good shape. I have to rearend noise.

 

[89MustangGX]

So it's basically a crapshoot -- all to save how much? They're still $139 last time I checked in several places.

 

[greg@berkeley]

i've got 20000 miles on my gears that came out of an explorer. no whine, no problems yet...