ICYMI, I blew up my front axle the other day... Check my build thread for the deets. Been working on getting a new gear set installed and wanted some feedback.
This is where I'm at, with 65 thou pinion depth and 0.008 thou backlash
I can back it off to 0.062 with the same backlash
Or go a bit deeper, to around 0.070 pinion depth. That tightened the backlash up a bit, to 0.005.
I ran a pattern at 0.067 too, and it didn't look much different than the 0.070
This is where I'm at, with 65 thou pinion depth and 0.008 thou backlash
I can back it off to 0.062 with the same backlash
Or go a bit deeper, to around 0.070 pinion depth. That tightened the backlash up a bit, to 0.005.
I ran a pattern at 0.067 too, and it didn't look much different than the 0.070