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Old Dec 1, 2004 | 11:41 PM
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My Stock gears are shot and i want a strong 3:73 gear but i do not want any howling at all, what are some good brands?
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Old Dec 2, 2004 | 07:13 AM
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My Stock gears are shot and i want a strong 3:73 gear but i do not want any howling at all, what are some good brands?
I use mostly US Gear. A few other brands use repackaged US Gear also. Yukon Gears are a good gear, easy to set-up and quiet.

The only gears that I have installed that were not quiet were customer furnished Richmond Gear.
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Old Dec 2, 2004 | 07:47 AM
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I had a bad experience with noisy richmond gears. But they didnt break. They we just loud.
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Old Dec 3, 2004 | 12:23 AM
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I put Motive 4:10's in mine and dad set them up for me one afternoon after we closed the shop and they are whisper quiet. They have been in the car 4 years and 96k miles so far along with the auburn carrier and moser shafts.
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A lot depends on set up.

The Richmond gears I ran were dead silent for years (4.10).
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Old Dec 3, 2004 | 09:45 AM
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I would like to ad that I have had a few good experiences with richmond gears also. I had 3 different sets in mustangs before my switch to f-bodys and all of those were fine.

The richmond gears we put in my f-body were put in and out 3 times with 3 different setups all recommended by richmond with no luck. My friend, a 25 year professional mechanic and I did the installs.
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