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Motive Gears Good or Bad ?

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  • Start date Start date Aug 23, 2004
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bowens99GT

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I love my 4:10 motives. Saved me some money and they are great. No noise no whine nuthing.
 

smokin'Red35th

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millatime said:
something wasn't right with what happened to you...either your mechanic didn't know what he was doing, or those gears were for another car, possibly the 7.5 inch rear end listed on mustangtuning.com's site
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then they sent the wrong ones (mustangtuning.com). Because my invoice said 8.8 rearend.
 

Mossberg

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smokin'Red35th said:
i bought a set of motive gears, they did not fit inside my rearend.
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That's because they go in the rearend of your car!


[/cheap laugh off]
 

GTvert01

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millatime

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smokin'Red35th said:
then they sent the wrong ones (mustangtuning.com). Because my invoice said 8.8 rearend.
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just because the invoice said 8.8 doesn't mean that the gears were 8.8...that kind of thing happens every once in a while
 

madmatt

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Im kinda debating the whole Motive 3.90 gear thing. I just am trying to figure out which gear will put me in "drone city" at 65 on the highway. I guess it depends on who installs them and how good a job they do with it.
 
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98laseredgt

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i got motive 3.90's. no whine, no noise. car feels smoother than it did with stock gears. not to mention its alot faster. the only gears i have ever heard of consistant whining problems from are richmond gears.
 

ricer-roni

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glad i found this thread, about to install a pair of 3.90's myself, and was hoping that these were reliable. I wish more companies made the 3.90 too, thats the only reason i went motive.
 

huskerpower02

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ill be able to tell you about my motives on tuesday. I finally get my car back with the new 4:10's. whats the usuall break in pattern for new gears?
 

88_GT_5_oh

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huskerpower02 said:
ill be able to tell you about my motives on tuesday. I finally get my car back with the new 4:10's. whats the usuall break in pattern for new gears?
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when i got mine installed the guy laughed when i said how do i break them in.... he said its not a motor, give her SH**....lol
 

huskerpower02

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88_GT_5_oh said:
when i got mine installed the guy laughed when i said how do i break them in.... he said its not a motor, give her SH**....lol
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hm, but like with all new parts, i think if you dont treat it right, or let it get used to the car, then something is bound to happen. plus bad karama. or maybe im just a .
 

GTsleeper

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huskerpower02 said:
hm, but like with all new parts, i think if you dont treat it right, or let it get used to the car, then something is bound to happen. plus bad karama. or maybe im just a .
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Give her a basic dry run, usually some people leave it up on jack stands and run her thru 1st, 2nd, and 3rd then reverse. Set her down and take her on a nice smooth drive on the highway for about 20 minutes or so. Go home and park the stang for a while then slowly break her in. After a day or two go ahead and romp her into 1st, 2nd and so on. Gears are tricky some people are fine by just launching their stang right off the bat with new gears but I belive the rear end can get expensive so better safe than sorry, your call though.
 

huskerpower02

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GTsleeper said:
Give her a basic dry run, usually some people leave it up on jack stands and run her thru 1st, 2nd, and 3rd then reverse. Set her down and take her on a nice smooth drive on the highway for about 20 minutes or so. Go home and park the stang for a while then slowly break her in. After a day or two go ahead and romp her into 1st, 2nd and so on. Gears are tricky some people are fine by just launching their stang right off the bat with new gears but I belive the rear end can get expensive so better safe than sorry, your call though.
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thanks alot. i totally agree with you on this one. Well the dealership that i got them installed at is about a 30 minute drive from my house so ill drive home and then park it for the night and then do some short drives tomorrow and probably romp on it on monday.
 
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