Re: JPOR: Used gear set questions

[John Nutter <jnutter@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Sounds scary to me. I wouldn't use them. I've never seen this on any of
the gears that I've worked on. 

Jeff wrote:
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> Hey all, I purchased a used 4.89 D44 gear set on ebay and when the
> seller was packing it, they noticed some hairline cracks in the pinion
> gear, so they returned my money but also sent the gears.  I am trying to
> find out if they might be usable.  Supposedly, they were installed in a
> Jeep for a week and removed for a lower gear set (5.13).  I was going to
> bring them to Carquest and have them magnafluxed to see the extent of
> the cracks, but Carquest says they need to magnatize the gear as part of
> the process, but can't demagnatize it.  Any suggestions?  The tiny
> hairline cracks are all on the tooth face about 1/4" in from the outer
> edge (radius) of each tooth.  They travel from the top of the tooth
> towards the bottom of the tooth (bottom being between the teeth) and a
> number of the teeth show this hairline crack.  Jeff
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