timing marks on differential gears

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  1. harleyman

    harleyman New Member

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    Any time a ring and pinion have an even ratio there are marks on ring gear and pinion..I have a71-77 8" Maverick rear end . The mark on pinon is painted and ground. There is no paint mark left on ring gear. There is avery small notch on inner edge of ring gear between two teeth. Could anyone tell me if this is the timing mark. You can email me at harleyman@route24.net
     
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  2. don graham

    don graham MCG State Rep

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    new to me. never heard of a timing mark on the ring and pinion. but there's a lot i don't know.:)
     
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  3. Yellow72Mavrick

    Yellow72Mavrick Banned

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    you got me, never heard of differential timing marks either...who da thunk...Jim
     
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    Mavaholic Growing older but not up!

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    Not only have I never heard of timing marks on differential gears, but what the heck is non-hunting gears????
     
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    Timing Mark

    I Beleive It Is A Index Mark So When You Take It Apart You Can Mesh The Gears Back In The Same Place A Non-hunting Will Always Mesh With The Same Teeth A Hunting Gear Set Will Mesh With All The Teeth At One Time Or Other
     
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    i'm "impressed or baffeled" :hmmm: ...frank...:bouncy:
     
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    Impressed and baffled. lol
    I thought I was in trouble. All the 9" rear ends we've changed out around here and no timing marks ever checked. lol
    clint
     
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  8. don graham

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    i guess what i have a hard time with is getting the timing light to reach all the way to the rear end.:huh: :biglaugh:
     
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  9. stmanser

    stmanser Looking for a Maverick

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    gears that dont use guns? sorry bad joke....
    :)

    but maybe its an alignment mark for assembly purposes...and thats the only use for the marks...??
     
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    i have the batteries in the trunck, but i still have to reach the #1 plug.:biglaugh:
     
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    Interesting stuff. What a wealth of knowledge here.
     
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    Hey, Its said that you should learn something new every day. Well, I can be dumb now for the next 23 hrs. Hmmm I must have missed a couple of days there learning anything somewheres along the way.
     
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