Bearings a must for a regear?

Chipppy · **Joined:** Wed Apr 11, 2012 5:23 pm **Posts:** 223

I am doing the regear soon. The 265's are killing me with the 3.73's. I am wondering if i can regear the front without a bearing kit but do the master overhaul kit on the rear? I am looking at cheaper gears as well on randys ring and pinion. should I be wary?

tommudd · **Posted:** Mon Apr 21, 2014 10:26 pm

Get the bearing/install kits

get quality gears, I've known guys who went cheap and ended up with gears that whine all day long etc .
Trying to cheap out will just cause more headaches down the road
Remember only gears for the front are Dana Spicer no matter what some sites suggest.

Chipppy · **Joined:** Wed Apr 11, 2012 5:23 pm **Posts:** 223

Trying to buy gears when your broke isn't easy. SO i cannot get away with a shim kit in the front with a professional install and nice gears? Anything has got to be quieter than my rear end right now :banghead:

John3:17 · **Posted:** Wed Apr 23, 2014 4:01 pm

Did you price used differentials from a salvage yard? The 4 cyl models had 4:10's. It was less for me than the cost of gears and install kits.

Chipppy · **Joined:** Wed Apr 11, 2012 5:23 pm **Posts:** 223

John3:17 wrote:

Did you price used differentials from a salvage yard? The 4 cyl models had 4:10's. It was less for me than the cost of gears and install kits.

Good idea! I didn't think about that. I just put in a used diff that I bought for 150 bucks. :shock:

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