Mac 2002 SS

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I'm currently looking for a complete stock M6 10-bolt with 3.42 gear . I was wondering how many of you A4 guys made this swap and is your M6 10 bolt still dead quiet ? Currently I have Motive 3.73 in my stock 10-bolt and had them for about 3 to 4 yrs and I have grown tired of the whine noise . I'm sure the the 3.42 set-up won't slow me down much at all. Right now, I just drive my car more than I race. Old age I guess...lol . Thanks in advance guys.

redbird555

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I had a stock set of 3.42's in mine and they were quiet. Whether or not an m6 is quiet depends on how hard it was beaten on.you may get lucky and get a quiet one or you may not

SSellers

I put a used GM 3.42 and Torsen from a Camaro in my five speed S10 and it's dead silent. Got Motive 3.42 in my TKO equipped '69 and they're not bad but not silent.

Guitar

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Unless I was deaf, my 10 bolt was quiet and I beat it pretty bad with my M6 (stock gears).

duh

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The noise you're hearing is probably because the gears were improperly set up. If you put a set of 3.42's in there wrong they'll do the same thing. Personally I'd stick with gm gears if you're changing them, but that's me. That eliminates the quality issue.

redbird555

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Hes talking about buying a used rear though. In which case it could whine for a variety of reasons most likely being beaten on at the track from an m6 car. I agree though if you install new gears they should be quiet unless they are a harder street/strip alloy which do have some tolerance for whine

Mac 2002 SS

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Thanks for the input guys. I just bought a used GM 3.42 from a board member and the gear looks great! So, I'm going to try this route and hopefully it's set-up better than my current 3.73 gear is. I will admit though ,the 3.73 has lasted longer than I thought they were going to cause I was giving them a pretty good pounding at one time..