fixing chipped gears

strange1

strange1

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anyone ever done this? i have a set that has quite a few chips on the ring gear. I think it was from a previous owner welding the spider gears and not getting everything cleaned up good. Pretty sure it is not in the contact pattern. I know the best thing to do is replace it, but i am trying to be as cheap as possible. At the same time, i dont want to be left stranded with a busted ring gear.

opinions???
 
You got any pics of it you could post up? I personally wouldn't run a gear with a chipped tooth unless I knew how and when it happened. I could see running with 1 or 2 chips if you knew that the happened when you dropped the gear on the floor or something, but several from unknown cause would make me think twice.
 
jeepinmatt said:
You got any pics of it you could post up? I personally wouldn't run a gear with a chipped tooth unless I knew how and when it happened. I could see running with 1 or 2 chips if you knew that the happened when you dropped the gear on the floor or something, but several from unknown cause would make me think twice.
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thats what i think. but i also dont want to buy new gears.
 
I think its pretty much trash, those are much larger chunks than i first thought. shit.
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scrap that.
 
That photo skeered me! Excuse me while I go wipe. Go with something other than THAT gear!
 
so having pinion depth too deep would cause this? just curious, looks pretty bad though, trail only till it breaks
 
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