Noise while bedding in 4.44 Gear-X gears?
03-03-2011, 08:50 AM
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Noise while bedding in 4.44 Gear-X gears?
Just had a 4.44 fitted, and it sounds very noisy on part / light throttle, like grating rocks. I can imagine it needs to bed in as it's probably got a slightly different mesh pattern, and my installer has assured me it's normal for the first few hundred miles.
As i'm a natural worrier, I wondered if anyone else had the same?
Cheers
As i'm a natural worrier, I wondered if anyone else had the same?
Cheers
03-03-2011, 08:57 AM
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It should not be that noisy the 4.44 are probably the quietest gears out there. Mine sound a bit different between about 3300rpm and 4000rpm and if I didnt tell you the car had gears you wouldnt know the difference. I just know how it sounded with the stock gears. Talk to puddydaddy he is the gear guru around here.
03-03-2011, 10:30 AM
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hey bro is the 4.44 the gear gt motoring has for sale? is there anyway you can update your thread after talking to puddy daddy? i want to do a gear too but im worried about installation and noise from them. . . .
03-03-2011, 10:33 AM
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You can always buy the gear set from racingbeat.com Puddydaddy may source them from there as well. They are not cheap I paid 450.00 about 3 years ago from what I hear they are 500.00 plus.
03-03-2011, 10:37 AM
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03-04-2011, 07:00 AM
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4.44 gears should be nearly as quiet as OEM. Some of the noise might be coming from your transmission. I went from 4.57 gears to 4.44, and the noise from the 4.57s masked noise from my transmission. Once the 4.44s were installed, I could hear the transmission noise more clearly. The 4.44s should be fairly quiet - even during break-in.
I put my car on a 4-point lift and had a friend run the car while in the air. The diff was very quiet - the aft part of the transmission was making noises similar to the ones you described. I have a used AP2 transmission in my car.
If you find the noise is coming from your diff - it is a setup issue. I wouldn't go very long with your diff making excessive noise - if it's well out of spec, it may result in a rapid failure.
I put my car on a 4-point lift and had a friend run the car while in the air. The diff was very quiet - the aft part of the transmission was making noises similar to the ones you described. I have a used AP2 transmission in my car.
If you find the noise is coming from your diff - it is a setup issue. I wouldn't go very long with your diff making excessive noise - if it's well out of spec, it may result in a rapid failure.