I am going to swap out 2.73's for 3.73's, but am not quite sure what brand to go with, if one is better than another. Price is really not an issue since a friend of mine is helping with the install. He recommended Strange gears, but I have seen good reviews on the motives. Since the reviews on this forum are pretty bad for Richmonds, I am staying away from those. I have also seen that Moser makes replacement gears as well. Which would you go with?

 

Since you are running a series 2 carrier than I would highly recommend going with a Strange Gear.

 

if your gonna swap out the carrier to a 3 series i have a brand new set of Strange 373's and a brand new eaton posi for the 3 series carrier.my email is ledfootz28@hotmail.com.

 

i use precision gears if possible or gm is even better

 

whats bad about richmonds? As long as you use the street gears and not the drag gears, they're great. They have a good whine to them, which i personally love. no complaints about them here. I have 4:10 Richmond street gears.

 

Just be sure to install them properly. Alot of folks like to check the run out of the ring gear(You`d be surprised what gets passed quality control). I forgot what the max can be though. This would be a good time to do the axle bearings also. They are like 3 bucks. I use Motive gears, and I reccomend them or definatly GM stuff. But, if you`re using a series two carrier, you`re limited in options. I`d suggest picking up a fresh series 3 diff from SLP. $100 for a take off unit.