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He's not willing to drive. I've offered up my entire shop and tool collection for his use, and the 90 minute drive is too far. Kids these days....

We're trying to find the best pattern before putting it a little bit deep.

The outside diameter had nothing to do with how the ring and pinion mesh. The pattern doesn't have to line up in the middle of the teeth either. That would happen on a perfect gear set. If it was that simple, everyone would do it. 👍

That's what we need to see, Jeff. Way to put in the extra effort to make sure it's good. I personally like the 52, but it's only a 1 thou difference so I'm good with it. I would send the one you like best between the 51 and 52 to Ben and see how much deeper he thinks it should be and adjust...

I got to thinking after looking at the photos on my desktop. This is just a thought, but we never actually found the best pattern possible for a gear setup. What I mean is, take away your desire to have it slightly deep and find what would be a perfect pattern on any other gear set. Only then...

Did you add in a relocation bracket since you installed a 4" lift? It goes on the axle side bracket and angles it forward. Pics of the whole thing you are dealing with would certainly help others help you.

For people who have never done this before, this is an incredible amount of work and very time consuming to get it done correctly. Great job Mike.

Yeah side adjusters are sweet

Sorry for the delay, getting my ass kicked at work today. I agree, I think you are there. Let us know what Ben thinks as I'm curious.

If you're within 2-3 thou, my guess is that you will be good - but with your history who knows 😁 I know your shim selection doesn't give you a whole lot of options, but I always strive to find the best pattern and then make my decision on which one to use. So, if you're deep now, is there still...

10, 5, 49, 7.........220, 221...whatever it takes...(bonus points for naming the movie...) The 10/5 pattern looks slightly shallow and the 49/7 pattern looks slightly deep (maybe what you were looking for?) How many thou difference between those two patterns do you think?

How does it all feel with the new gear installed? Does it feel anything like what you had in there before when turning it by hand?

Cheese grater?

Ultimately, all the credit goes to Blaine.

That's all good, but what's the mild cheese for?

I'm thinking it's still just slightly shallow. I'm curious to hear what Been has to say. I think you are close there....maybe within 2-3.

Yes I do! My next question was going to be exactly that. I can't remember if you mentioned it yet.

Regarding the initial bracket, yes that was good to find the goal posts

Boy I tell you. I wear a helmet when I heat up a ring gear in case she catches me in action!

It's a custom tractor drawn aerial (tiller) by Pierce Manufacturing. And you too can have one for 1.86 million dollars.