Curious what gear brands you guys prefer for a 12 bolt and then a 14 bolt FF.
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Yukon!
On a budget here $400 for a set just is not in the books. Guess I will search out a used gear set hopefully.
ccarley
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I recently got a set of gears for my 12-bolt; Richmond Excel. That set was about $160 or so from Jeg's. The install kit was around $80. It's all been in for a few weeks now and doing fine, but I don't pound on my truck.
The front set of gears I got were the "Jeg's" brand, and unfortunately the box was labeled wrong. The gears say "Excel" on them, making me think they are just re-boxed. It looked like they were pre-setup though, which is nice, and came really well packaged. Similarly priced to the Richmond Excel gears. But, like I said, we were about to install them yesterday, and the gears are actually 4.10, not 4.56! That pinion looked big to me, so we counted the teeth
Good luck, I've normally had good luck with Jeg's in the past.
Clay
The front set of gears I got were the "Jeg's" brand, and unfortunately the box was labeled wrong. The gears say "Excel" on them, making me think they are just re-boxed. It looked like they were pre-setup though, which is nice, and came really well packaged. Similarly priced to the Richmond Excel gears. But, like I said, we were about to install them yesterday, and the gears are actually 4.10, not 4.56! That pinion looked big to me, so we counted the teeth
Good luck, I've normally had good luck with Jeg's in the past.
Clay
Set up is way more important than brand. I am a fan of USA standards. Which is Yukons budget line.
x2 for USA standard. Setup 3 axles with them now. About to do a set of 4.56s in my front axle.
The finish on them seems pretty quality imo
The finish on them seems pretty quality imo
Fyi, the current Summit house brand are Richmond Excel just like the Jegs house brand. I bought Yukon for my 14ff and went with Summit brand in the 10 bolt front since I only use 4wd if I get stuck. The ring gear had "Excel" on it just as the other poster said his Jegs gear did. I haven't swapped them out yet so I don't have feedback but I'm of the belief that the most important factor is proper set up/pattern. That said, I probably wouldn't use Excels in a rear dif unless it was strictly a commuter. Just read a lot of negatives about them but again, who knows what percentage of the negatives were set up correctly. It's my opinion from research that Motive Gear is a decent middle of the road brand. I've not run those but during hours of research, many feel they are a good bang for the buck.
Ryoken I have a 14B FF sitting in garage for my K5 and wanna do 4:56 gears (10 bolt front) for 35's and also wifes 67 C10 that i gotta get moving on and gears are holding me up there. Have a used set of Richmond 3:73 for 12 bolt but found out there for a car and my Chevelle AKA backburner (now) already has Yukon 3:73 in it. So need to sell used 3:73's from Richmond and get set of 3:73's for her C10.
So technically I have 3 axles
So technically I have 3 axles
