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Old Aug 16, 2006 | 10:07 PM
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Im about to order a set of Motive 4.10s for the 10-bolt. Before i order them i have a couple quick questions.
1. I know with the richmond gears you need to either buy a paddle kit, or grind away are little from the block the holds in the c-clips for the 99+ torsen carriers, will i need to do this with Motives also?

2. Which install kit do you recommend? Richmond or Ratech? or are they basically the same thing?

thanks for the help!
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Old Aug 16, 2006 | 11:01 PM
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I went with Ratech, and I was very pleased with it. Im sure a lot of other folks will say the same thing. Hope this helps!
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Same thing.

I did not need to do any grinding on my paddle for my 4.10 motives. Good luck!
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awesome just what i needed to know. thanks man.
I did two gear installs on my LT1 T/A
1st time i rushed it and blew up the rear
2nd time i took my time and did it right, and they were fine for 6K miles from the time i put them in till when i sold the car.
So hopefully this install goes well two.
thanks again!
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also i came accross these
http://www.neweraperformanceparts.com/default.asp?S=503&A=E&PKV=gm0e410|0

they are claiming that these are O.E. GM gears, packaged by Motive. are they really? because i thought our O.E. gears were produced by AAM. and if they are actually GM gears, would you go with these, or the regular Motives?
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bump..
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IMO it does not matter either way.
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sounds good. thanks
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