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![]() I have recently had 3:73 gears installed in my 96 GT. They are great. They do make a bit of noise though. Is this normal or should they be 100 % quiet? Thanks.
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![]() Is the noise coming from the rear or from the transmission?
Do you have the stock shifter?
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![]() They should be quiet. If the noise showed up immediately after you had them installed, I'd suspect the install wasn't done quite correctly.
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![]() I am sure the noise if from the rear end. No I don't have a stock shifter so i do get transmission noise too. I suspecr improper installation.
To correct it does it mean taking the whole thing apart again? I guess it is a shim problem. |
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I would take it back to whoever installed the gears...
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![]() I took the car in to the guy that installed the gears last night. He agrees that there is too much noise coming from the gears. He figures it is the side to side shims that will need adjusting.
Thanks for your imput. Does any body know the correct gear for the transmission to get the speedo right. I think the original was 18 tooth and the one in there now is 20. The speedo is still off by about 9 or 10% . |
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![]() It's been so long, I can't remember which speedo gear you'd use.... If I had to take a guess, I would say a 23 tooth...
To be honest, you're probably not going to get an "exact" reading even with the correct speedo gear, but it should be pretty close. Here is a link to the FRPP usage chart, it even gives you the formula at the bottom to figure out just what speedo gear to use... http://www.fordracingparts.com/download/charts/129.pdf
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