Richmond Gear Help?

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10-15-2008, 09:09 PM

sIx

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Richmond Gear Help?

Alright...Got a GT...the car has the 3:73 Richmond gears in it....it is whining horribly between 45-55 mph. I was was wondering if the whining was from them being improperly installed, or if they are just cheap gears and should be replaced with Ford Racing...

10-15-2008, 10:29 PM

562cobra

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Richmond gears are known to whine horribly on mustangs, i'll stick with frpp or motive.

10-16-2008, 05:44 AM

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Originally Posted by 562cobra

Richmond gears are known to whine horribly on mustangs, i'll stick with frpp or motive.

Ecxactly.

10-16-2008, 07:32 AM

czwalga00gt

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FRP, but you're looking at around a $600 charge for gears installed.

10-16-2008, 08:53 AM

HNDA ETR

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Yeah I have Richmond as well and they whine like crazy. It gets pretty annoying. Guess its just the brand

10-16-2008, 03:11 PM

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Originally Posted by 562cobra

Richmond gears are known to whine horribly on mustangs, i'll stick with frpp or motive.

there straight cut gears, they will whine, motive makes frpp gears btw

10-16-2008, 03:34 PM

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I have Richmond gears and mine weren't straight cut. From what I understand they tend make noise because they are made from a slightly harder alloy than the stock gears.