Mixing Crown Gears And Pinions?

[adam-__-]

Hey guys,

 

I've just purchased a welded diff centre for my car and I think I've run into some problems before I've even started.

 

My car's currently running a standard open borgwarner diff with 3.9 ratio and the welded center I just bought is the 4.1 ratio'd one from the automatics. What I'm confused on is whether or not I can use the 4.1's center with crown wheel in my manual housing which still has the 3.9 pinion?

 

In other words, can I put a diff centre which has the 4.1 crown wheel into a housing which still has the 3.9 pinion gear in it? Or will I have to change the pinion gear to the 4.1 ratio one for this new locked center to work?

 

 

 

Cheers,

Adam

Edited September 15, 2008 by adam-__-

[Redwarf]

No. Use only matched crown wheel and pinions. Can't mix and match.

[adam-__-]

All I needed to know. Thanks for the quick reply. :y:

[philbey]

Haha. Try it. Will be funny.

 

Hypoid gear sets are all matched correctly, you definitely cannot mix and match like Dwarf said.