What I'm hearing about ring & pinion quality

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So this is as of today 2/19/20. Yukon gears are made in China
Motive gear either Korea Italy or China. Excel(lower line of richmond) is India or China,
And Richmond is all Italy

So when I called motive today the guy referred me to Richmond gear saying it was of the highest quality standards currently bc all its richmond (not excel by richmond )is made in Italy and Italy has high standards. I will be going this route for my rear ring and pinion for ford 8.8. I will have to go will motive performance for front dana 30 and hope they good still. I will pass on yukon most likely. I do realize that some complaints stem from people installing incorrectly . Hope this helps with some answers for interested people

I’m reading about a lot of bad quality control lately with gear sets
 
I didn't know that about Richmond gears, but I can tell you that I've never had anything bad that was made in Italy.

Revolution gears are made in Korea and are widely regarded as the best gears out there. I've run two sets of them and loved them.

Of course I have no experience with Richmond.
 
I believe Dana Spicer ring and pinions are made in the US. They offer most ratios that the aftermarket offers as well. Based on their reputation in the OEM I would trust their aftermarket parts
 
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Chris said:
@Jerry Bransford knows a lot about the Revolution gears, but I believe he said they are made by Circle K in Korea.
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Yes, 100% of Revolution's gears are made by Circle K in South Korea.

Steel City 06 said:
I believe Dana Spicer ring and pinions are made in the US. They offer most ratios that the aftermarket offers as well. Based on their reputation in the OEM I would trust their aftermarket parts
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They are great quality and likely made in the US but they don't offer lower ratios like 4.88, 5.13, or 5.38. At least not the last time I saw their offering for our TJ Dana axles.
 
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Steel City 06 said:
I believe Dana Spicer ring and pinions are made in the US. They offer most ratios that the aftermarket offers as well. Based on their reputation in the OEM I would trust their aftermarket parts
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Do they make low gear ratios? If they do, I've never seen them. However, if they do, you certainly couldn't go wrong with Dana.
 
Looks like Dana offers some interesting ratios for the Dana 44:

2.94, 3.07, 3.13, 3.21, 3.36, 3.54, 3.73, 3.91, 3.92, 4.09, 4.10, 4.27, 4.30, 4.55, 4.56, 4.88, 4.89, 4.90, 5.13, 5.38, 5.89

Looks like it’s time for some 2.94 gears haha

Edit: See list below for more complete offering
 
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Steel City 06 said:
Looks like Dana offers some interesting ratios for the Dana 44:

2.94, 3.07, 3.13, 3.21, 3.36, 3.54, 3.73, 3.91, 3.92, 4.09, 4.10, 4.27, 4.30, 4.55, 4.56, 4.88, 4.89, 4.90, 5.13, 5.38, 5.89

Looks like it’s time for some 2.94 gears haha
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No kidding? I had no idea they offered all those ratios.

Makes you wonder why no one us using Dana gears when re-gearing. This is a game changer I would say.
 
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From Dana Aftermarket:

Dana 30:
3.07 3.45 3.54 3.55 3.73 3.91 4.10 4.27 4.30 4.56 4.88 5.13 5.38

Dana 35:
3.07 3.27 3.55 3.73 4.10 4.11 4.56 4.88 5.13

Dana 44:
2.94, 3.07, 3.13, 3.21, 3.31, 3.36, 3.45, 3.54, 3.55, 3.73, 3.91, 3.92, 4.09, 4.10, 4.11, 4.27, 4.30, 4.55, 4.56, 4.88, 4.89, 4.90, 5.13, 5.38, 5.89

Missed a few ratios in the first Dana 44 post
 
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S.McArthur said:
That's what I saw about 6-8 months ago as well, nothing over 4.56 if I remember correctly; That is why I went with Revolution.
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They don’t sell a lot of the more specialty stuff to DIYers directly. If you know a dealer you can usually buy through them. A lot of axle repair businesses are Dana customers and can usually source a set
 
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Ive had Motive, G2, Yukon, Dana, and revolution. They all worked.

Interesting to see though that Spicer offers a 5.38 for the dana 30.
 
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