Gear differences

[T_Spurger]

What is the difference in a thick gear and a regular gear? What are the differences in carriers? the reason that i am asking because i have a 14ff from a cucv and want to keep the detroit but upgrade the gears to 5.13s? Will the detroit work on both the 4.10 and the 4.56 carriers?

Thanks

 

[blazinzuk]

Yep you can take the 14b detroit and put in in a different carrier as long as its an open carrier.

 

[sweetk30]

http://www.coloradok5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=151608

 

[T_Spurger]

machining a carrier

can the 4.56 carrier be machined to fit a thick gear

 

[Hogback Fabrication]

can the 4.56 carrier be machined to fit a thick gear

Nope

 

[sweetk30]

Nope

why exactly do you say no ?

 

[Hogback Fabrication]

why exactly do you say no ?

The mounting flange on the carrier isn't thicker on the 4.56+ carrier, its actually cast offset 1/4" or so.

Since the mounting flange on the 4.56+ carrier isn't any thicker than the 4.10- carrier, you can't machine it (the flange would be so thin that it would warp just looking at it).

 

[sweetk30]

well from my pics of both 4.10-down and 4.56 - up it looks like just the pass side is thicker than the driver side.

i have both carriers in stock and i will go set side by side to verify. but i might be wrong .