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[Casey Miles]

I purchased a new set of Richmond 5:86 Pro gears. When I went to install them, I found that the yoke of the driveshaft wouldn't fit like it did on the Richmond gears coming out of the car. I struggled to make it fit, but I got it to sort of fit with hitting it with a mallet. It gets better! The small bearing in the rear is supposed to no slop float. When I tried to get the pinion in the rear, it sort of got pressed in. It took me over a half hour of banging on the pinion to get it out of the housing. So I put a caliper on it to find that the pinion was .002 bigger bearing surface of the gear that came out. I called Richmond gear and they told me that it was in tolerance and that I should emery cloth it to fit. I have had at least 15 sets of Richmond gears and never had a problem, these gears were manufactured in Italy. The rep at Richmond said that they can't do anything for me. Not happy with Richmond at all!!!
So, if you have a spare set of gears from Richmond in your trailer in case you have breakage, you better check to see if they are the correct measurements. I'm taking the pinion to a machine shop to get it cut, at the track you're done!

Casey Miles
248H Stock