Posted by Glenn [108.162.241.93] on Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 14:11:10 :
In Reply to: Re: Ring and Pinion Tooth Pattern posted by Glenn [172.70.100.187] on Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 09:45:05 :
Clint and Vaughn,
First off thanks for all the hints and feed back it has been super helpful to verify that I am doing things correct!
This is a WM300 and just a fun toy / show truck (although i dont go to many shows). I imagine that the 4WD will not get used that often.
I played around with moving the ring gear in and out also within the allowed backlash tolerance range and to be honest there was not much change in the tooth pattern. I even checked the runout of the back side of the ring gear and it is only 0.002" so that is within spec too.
This is the best tooth pattern i could get:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/gE6y5qN6VWDepYBn8
I think i came to the same conclusion as Clint mentioned. I am going to rebuild the front and see what tooth pattern I get and then pick the best of the two and stick it in the rear.
This truck is going to be living a retired life so i think i might just be overly picky and want things to be perfect. I am an engineer btw so everything needs to be perfect HAHAHAHA.
Thanks
Glenn
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