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Do gears need to be broken in?

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Old 03-17-2008, 08:40 AM
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A few heat cycles and you should be fine. Most shops say to give it 500 miles just to cover their asses.
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Old 03-17-2008, 08:49 AM
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Heat cycles are all you need for gears.
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Old 03-17-2008, 03:58 PM
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Drive it like you stole it.
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Old 03-17-2008, 04:17 PM
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dont drive it like you stole....dont break it in....forget bout heat cycles











mail them to my house

lol jk...enjoy your gears and seeing 13s
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Old 03-17-2008, 07:52 PM
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so how do you like the gears?
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Old 03-17-2008, 09:18 PM
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ORIGINAL: andrewclark

i thought u were sellin ur car
yea but the gears right now are whining and **** they def. aint gonna last the summer im suprised they have lasted this long
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Old 03-18-2008, 12:02 AM
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mine went in and the same day i was ripping on it. no problems and I have had the car for a year now. I can't remember the time when I didn't have them. Enjoy that extra ummfff...
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