From: wwd@netheaven.com
Date: Sat Apr 06 2002 - 04:53:38 PST
> The spider / cross shaft gears are very brittle since that are heat
>treated to a high rockwell to give them long life in ma & pa's passenger
>car. They break fairly consistiantly in high stress, high impact
>situations. Due to this race car people either get them re-heat treated
>to a softer setting or buy them from Moroso or some other specility race
>car
>shop and change them to stop the problem.. From the sound of it it may be
>well worth while to invest in a set to stop the problem..
> Bob B
>>
>> >Both times I lost the rearend, I stripped the spyder
>> >gears.
>>
>>Always the weakest link. Don't they make a 4-spider kit?
>>
Why replace only the original 2 when you can make up a new carrier with 4
spider gears resulting in twice the contact area as the OEM offering? (In
way of amplification).
Bill
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