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Old Feb 9, 2006 | 04:21 PM
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im looking into buying a set of geawrs for my 95gt. ive gotten a qoute for labor ($240) but the guy wants $200 for the gears. ive seen sum 3.73's going on ebay for around $80 but they are used. would there be a problem buying used gears that show a good wear pattern?
Old Feb 9, 2006 | 07:49 PM
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You should be able to buy new gears for less than $200.

Most of the time a used gear set will make noise, for them not to make noise they would have to be set identically to the car they came out of.
Old Feb 10, 2006 | 11:51 AM
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Agree 100%[sm=partyparty.gif]
Old Feb 10, 2006 | 02:12 PM
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thx guys
Old Feb 10, 2006 | 02:53 PM
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http://www.jegs.com/webapp/wcs/store...1219&langId=-1
Old Feb 11, 2006 | 01:14 AM
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No, don't use the used gears. you are looking for problems......
Old Feb 11, 2006 | 01:35 AM
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I dont see anything wrong with buying used gears if they're out of a vehicle that came with them from the factory. The stock gears that came out of my Cobra looked brand new with almost 60k on em...
Old Feb 11, 2006 | 02:58 AM
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what about motive gears, from mustangtuning.com?
Old Feb 11, 2006 | 03:43 AM
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I bought used gears off ebay. $95 shipped. Worked like a dream.
Old Feb 11, 2006 | 03:58 AM
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i bought my 3.55s off ebay for 26 bucks, they rule )



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