gear whine????
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gear whine????
ok i have a 97 z with an auto trans and richmond 3.73's in the rear with and auburn posi....well the gears whine around 40mph which drives me insane because of the fact thats the speed i drive everytime im in town...well anyway i asked the guy if he could fix it and he said he can't....he said the richmonds are almost impossible to stop from whining....is this true? do you guess think i could take it somewhere else and get rid of that whine?
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Is it impossible to have quiet Richmonds ?? ... No, its not impossible.
Can you fix the whine ?? ... Not really. You could re-set them, but that is going to be hit or miss too. Once they have been heat cycled and have had a few miles on them, its near impossible after they have been work hardend. You could start by changing out to a straight weight 140 gear lube... but... there is no much else you can do.
If you found the right guy... he might be able to quiet them down, but I doubt they will become silent. The biggest problem is finding that one guy that knows and understands the black art of setting up a quiet set of gears. One hint... he'll be the guy that will split hairs over a 0.0005 to 0.001" pinion depth change before he is satified.
Can you fix the whine ?? ... Not really. You could re-set them, but that is going to be hit or miss too. Once they have been heat cycled and have had a few miles on them, its near impossible after they have been work hardend. You could start by changing out to a straight weight 140 gear lube... but... there is no much else you can do.
If you found the right guy... he might be able to quiet them down, but I doubt they will become silent. The biggest problem is finding that one guy that knows and understands the black art of setting up a quiet set of gears. One hint... he'll be the guy that will split hairs over a 0.0005 to 0.001" pinion depth change before he is satified.
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but this isnt a bad thing is it....its loudest at 40mph but has iit at other speeds just not very loud at all....this isnt going to mess up my tranny is it?