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Final Drive question [message #307142] Wed, 14 September 2016 18:17 Go to next message
Beach Coach is currently offline  Beach Coach   Canada
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Today I removed the final drive cover to change the gear oil and to install the Ragusa final drive cover. After you remove the final drive cover; how do you determine the final drive ratio?

Thanks,

Hugh MacDougall


hugh MacDougall Antigonish, Nova Scotia 1975 Eleganza II
Re: [GMCnet] Final Drive question [message #307143 is a reply to message #307142] Wed, 14 September 2016 18:19 Go to previous messageGo to next message
jimk is currently offline  jimk   United States
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Count the teeth on the ring gear and call me so I can look it up for you.

On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 4:17 PM, Beach Coach wrote:

> Today I removed the final drive cover to change the gear oil and to
> install the Ragusa final drive cover. After you remove the final drive
> cover; how
> do you determine the final drive ratio?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Hugh MacDougall
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> Antigonish, Nova Scotia
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Re: Final Drive question [message #307152 is a reply to message #307142] Wed, 14 September 2016 19:06 Go to previous messageGo to next message
kingd is currently offline  kingd   Canada
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To Jim K.and all, some final drives in some vehicles have the tooth count for the ring gear
and the pinion stamped on the outer part of the ring gear and somewhere (maybe the pinion shaft)
of the pinion gear, as it's maybe possible that some ratios may have the same pinion gear count as
as different ratio, but the gears must be used in sets as the gears can actually have different size teeth
but the same count. ( So I'm told.) Nissan(Datsun) Z cars and 510's 610's etc are examples I know of.
Do GMC Motorhomes have the tooth count stamped, engraved or whatever somewhere on the gears?
Thanks in advance


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Re: [GMCnet] Final Drive question [message #307155 is a reply to message #307142] Wed, 14 September 2016 19:05 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 6:17 PM, Beach Coach wrote:

> Today I removed the final drive cover to change the gear oil and to
> install the Ragusa final drive cover. After you remove the final drive
> cover; how do you determine the final drive ratio?
>
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Re: [GMCnet] Final Drive question [message #307162 is a reply to message #307152] Wed, 14 September 2016 20:12 Go to previous messageGo to next message
James Hupy is currently offline  James Hupy   United States
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They do on factory gearsets, not always on aftermarket stuff.
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On Sep 14, 2016 5:07 PM, "Dave King" wrote:

> To Jim K.and all, some final drives in some vehicles have the tooth count
> for the ring gear
> and the pinion stamped on the outer part of the ring gear and somewhere
> (maybe the pinion shaft)
> of the pinion gear, as it's maybe possible that some ratios may have the
> same pinion gear count as
> as different ratio, but the gears must be used in sets as the gears can
> actually have different size teeth
> but the same count. ( So I'm told.) Nissan(Datsun) Z cars and 510's 610's
> etc are examples I know of.
> Do GMC Motorhomes have the tooth count stamped, engraved or whatever
> somewhere on the gears?
> Thanks in advance
>
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> Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Re: Final Drive question [message #307179 is a reply to message #307142] Thu, 15 September 2016 08:18 Go to previous messageGo to next message
jhbridges is currently offline  jhbridges   United States
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# of pinion teeth\# of ring teeth=ratio.

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Re: Final Drive question [message #307209 is a reply to message #307179] Thu, 15 September 2016 23:05 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Johnny Bridges wrote on Thu, 15 September 2016 08:18

# of ring teeth / # of pinion teeth = ratio.

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There, fixed it for you


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Re: [GMCnet] Final Drive question [message #307210 is a reply to message #307209] Thu, 15 September 2016 23:12 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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And may it be the only time you want “LSD” (Limited Slip Differential)…..


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> On Sep 16, 2016, at 12:05 AM, Chris Geils wrote:
>
> Johnny Bridges wrote on Thu, 15 September 2016 08:18
>> # of ring teeth / # of pinion teeth = ratio.
>>
>> --johnny
>
>
> There, fixed it for you
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Re: Final Drive question [message #307216 is a reply to message #307142] Fri, 16 September 2016 07:30 Go to previous message
jhbridges is currently offline  jhbridges   United States
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It wasn't broken:)

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