Burned up a ring and pinion at the track
11-17-2008, 03:23 PM
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Burned up a ring and pinion at the track Went to the track not too long ago and as soon as I hit the road to return home, I noticed that my R&P was whining severely. The gears had been rather quiet up until then BTW.
I only made 5 passes roughly 20 minutes apart with #2 & #3 being back to back. I was running plenty of 75-90 Royal Purple syn oil in my 9" rear end. The gears also had a couple thousand miles on them.
Ended up pulling the center section out and found that the gears were totally destroyed and the housing was filled with metallic sludge. I also determined that bearing preloads were still set and nothing had moved internally which would have caused this problem. Backalsh went from .012" to .035" as a result of so much tooth surface being worn away.
Could making back to back runs cause them to burn up like this?
Should I use standard oil or synthetic?
Why did this happen?
I only made 5 passes roughly 20 minutes apart with #2 & #3 being back to back. I was running plenty of 75-90 Royal Purple syn oil in my 9" rear end. The gears also had a couple thousand miles on them.
Ended up pulling the center section out and found that the gears were totally destroyed and the housing was filled with metallic sludge. I also determined that bearing preloads were still set and nothing had moved internally which would have caused this problem. Backalsh went from .012" to .035" as a result of so much tooth surface being worn away.
Could making back to back runs cause them to burn up like this?
Should I use standard oil or synthetic?
Why did this happen?
Last edited by wrd1972; 11-17-2008 at 03:37 PM.
