So I originally had 2.73s... (UGH!) and got some richmond 3.73s and installed them... FIVE times. I STILL cannot get the damn whine out of them... its either a clunk and little whine, or no clunk with whine and a sort of "growl" when I come to a stop... I'm sick of it!

So on to my question, if I happened to find someone on here (or ebay, or wherever) that had a rearend from a 6 speed car with 3.42s... could I take that carrier/pinion and its shims and just slap it in my rearend? I'd most likely replace the carrier and pinion bearings... but I wasn't sure if it would work since my rearend has a series2 carrier in it, and anything 3.23+ is a series3 carrier...

Thanks in advance!

Edit: I tryed setting the play from 6 thousandths (what its at now, with no clunk but that growl when crawling to a stop) clear to 13 thousandths (got little to no whine, but a stupid clunk that you noticed when coming off a cruise or when it shifted in a parking lot...)


(Oh and if any of you know of a good place around the St. Louis or NE Missouri area that can setup rearends good, let me know!)

 

Its the gear you chose. Richmond is known to whine. Should have gotten Motive or GM.

 

My 3.73 Richmonds came out also. Went with the Motives. Very little whine now. Very little.

 

Yes yes I know this... but in my searches when I was looking for gears at the time... Motive only made the gears for a series THREE carrier... stock 2.73 cars have a Series TWO... only Richmond had them for my carrier. No clue if they'd of worked, or if Motive does indeed sell them for a series2... and if they do give me a link! lol I'll be happy to put in a different set of gears... damn these richmonds.

 

Strange makes them for 2 series carrier. I bought them used, they haven't whined yet in about 4,000 miles they've been in.