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Jul 28, 2012 | 06:54 PM

#16

N20jeep

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From: Jacksonville, FL

Year: 92

Model: Cherokee

Engine: 4.0

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Originally Posted by mr white

The pinion has to be smaller to support a fatty ring gear...

Th ring gear is only fatter on the mounting size, not on the mesh side.

And its only fatter to make up the distance needed to us the original carrier past its gearing break

Jul 28, 2012 | 09:48 PM

#17

ct67_72

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From: meriden Ct

Year: 2000

Model: Cherokee

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Originally Posted by ct67_72

The "thick" gear difference is only the distance from the tooth face to the mounting surface of the carrier side. The pinion would actually be identical, Just the "thickness" of the ring gear changes.

I already addressed the difference. Nothing to do with the pinion. The ring gear is "thick" because the different offset of the carrier. The ring gear mounting surface of the carrier has a different offset between the ratio breaks. So a "thick" ring gear is to compensate the offset of the carrier. The edge of the ring gear tooth in theory will sit in the exact same position as it would if it were a standard ring gear. Also meaning that the pinion is the same.
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