Lightweight ring & pinion for 9"
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TECH Junkie
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Lightweight ring & pinion for 9" My Richmonds in my 9" are too loud for my likings. My car is a street car and I'm on the hunt for a quieter gear. I have my mind set on Yukon gears. I hear nothing but praise about them regarding noise, setup, and strength. My question is, does anyone here run a lightweight gear, and is it worth using? I have found standard Yukon 4.11 gears for a 9" for $179 and the lightweight gears for $203, so it seems like a no brainer for the extra $25ish for lighter gears. Even being lightened, I have no foresight of breaking them, but how possible is it? Who here runs lightweight gears? I haven't been able to find much info on here, or people using them
I have Yukon gears & they are quiet, very happy with them. They are not the lightweight ones, really how much lighter could you make them? To me, lighter gears=weaker. For the weight savings youre gonna get it wouldnt be worth it. Thats why its hard for you to find someone that has them. 
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Well the weight is removed from the backside of the ring, and gears always fail at the teeth, so it seems like they "should" be fine. $25 isn't bad for less rotational mass, people pay much more for much less weight savings.
Do you have ANY whine with the Yukons?
Do you have ANY whine with the Yukons?
It wont effect strength, I believe you can remove two to three lbs out of the gear which is significant in rotating weight. If your going for a max effort type stuff I would say do it. My next set of gears will be lighten.
i was in the same boat as you,my richmonds were real loud,and i wanted yukons but they were sold out everywhere,so i couldnt get a set,and ended up with a 4.11 us gear.They are very nice,very slight whine,cant hear it with the windows down or the radio on mid volume.I wish i had the yukons though cuz it would probably be silent
we just put in regular 4.56 yukons in my MWCfab9 a few months back & i only have 2 heat cycles on them & so far so good....
they almost got there 3rd heat cycle today.....maybe tomorrow.
we also went with the yukon thru bolt case....wow what a beefy piece after breaking my strange case & richmond gear.
good luck!
they almost got there 3rd heat cycle today.....maybe tomorrow.
we also went with the yukon thru bolt case....wow what a beefy piece after breaking my strange case & richmond gear.
good luck!
