Gears & Axles - Gear brand poll!!!

whats the best as far as power handling, quietness, and reliability? :corn:

Richmond had a reputation for quality and durability, however they aren't known to be quiet by anymeans. Motive are moderately priced and are relatively quiet (or atleast the ones i owned in the past were). SLP ring and pinion sets have kept me very happy as far as durability and sound is concerned. They are a bit more expensive than the other two i have mentioned, but for now, they will be the brand i stick with.

i think gm makes the best gear. ive got pics of a 4.10 richmond gear sitting next to a 4.10 gm gear and the gm gear is bigger with more meat on it. and they are 3 cut gears while most aft. are 2 cut gears. that helps them be quiet.

Yup, definately should have put OE gearsets in the poll, when I buy I would rather have a nice set of used factory gears than aftermarket ones.

the older s-10's that had a 2.5 and 5 speed had 4.10's stock. the stock gear is on the left. the busted up richmond is on the right.

I have a set of GM 3.73s on mine and no complaints.

They tend to drone a little around 60-70mph, depending what rpm I'm in..but honestly I think even the 3.42s were about the same. I think the rears tend to whine a little stock or not.

I had a little mishap when I first had them installed (fucking curb) and the pinion bearing got trashed, it whined loud! Had the bearing replaced and it's been great!


They've been in for over 2 years and holding up nicely.

Does Moser have their own gears or do they use another company?

looks like OEM FTW.

Does Moser have their own gears or do they use another company?

Moser makes their own gears. And mine sucked from them. Put a set of Yukons in the 12-bolt and they seem to be pretty solid. A little noisy, but that's due to how it's set up, not the gears themselves.

i vote GM. i waited to find a set of GM 4.10's before doing the rear end rebuild

aam are good ones.

aam are good ones.

i was just informed that AAM makes the gears for GM

nice to know. i wonder whats the price difference on a new gear. i usually get them from pull a part.

i just installed summit 4.10s in an auto car and :barf:. Maybe summit (noisy fuckers) are made by richmond?

very possible. not sure exactly though

I like Motive, but the last gear I got was a Yukon Gear and its pretty quite and seems to be fine......

i just installed summit 4.10s in an auto car and :barf:. Maybe summit (noisy fuckers) are made by richmond?

I had the same set of gears from summit and they were noisy as fuck also!!
But i have installed several sets of motive and oem ford gears and they have all been quoit