Mr. leafspring
KUBOTA BUGGY
anyone got a remedy for taking off carrier bearings and not trashing them other than the $400 tool ????
Mr. leafspring said:anyone got a remedy for taking off carrier bearings and not trashing them other than the $400 tool ????
Mr. leafspring said:if I keep goin thru R&P it'll b worth it for me as well :****:
So far I have been happy with my setup. If you go 76 and don't put the load bolt in you are wasting money because if your not snapping pinions in half deflection is what's breaking your gears. I went ahead and sent my gears to rcv and had them heat treated and cryoed for the insurance.SBJeepn said:Load bolt works wonders. I also did the jana 76 and havnt had an issue (fingers Crossed) even coming down or hitting things pretty hard. Money well spent if you dont want to swap axles.
BUG-E J said:So far I have been happy with my setup. If you go 76 and don't put the load bolt in you are wasting money because if your not snapping pinions in half deflection is what's breaking your gears. I went ahead and sent my gears to rcv and had them heat treated and cryoed for the insurance.
I totally agree. If I was starting over I woukd build a 14 bolt. But this is what I had and I have already put so much money in it I can't justify starting over. And also after some measuring a 14 bolt won't fit in my buggy and still have the up travel I want. After talking with kreg in the rcv booth at the expo I decided to go this route. He told me they had been treating gears for drag cars and tractor pull guys and we're having incredible results. If I break a rear ring and pinion and will have my rears treated also. For what I have in the 76 now if I break a gear set every couple years it's worth it to have not had to do the 14 bolt and ride on the bumpstops. :****:Rockwells607 said:The first buggy I built was setup pretty similar to yours. The owner broke something every trip out with the lp60. If it wasn't a Yukon shaft then it was a ring and pinion . This went on for a year and 10 trips that he left early because it broke 30 minutes into the day . I built him a 14bolt this winter and and he hasn't had an issue since the last 4 trips out. Now he needs a second propane tank cuz he can run all day and outta fuel! I know it was a big expense but... All those trips he made and broke to turn around and come home were costly As well. And having at 25k$ buggy that wasn't reliable also sucked . Just my .02 cents by putting more money into a LP 60 is gonna get you no where but more mad when it breaks again... Cuz it's gonna ! I've seen you drive
BUG-E J said:I will say a 14 has much bigger ring and pinion but what makes them strong? The 3rd bearing to keep down deflection.