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Originally Posted by Freezebyte
Lotta peeps saying you don't want lube/grease on these Savage center diffs. I found out that stupid gear is made from aluminum, no farking wonder its not lasting  Someone said the Savage X has a steel version of this gear, so I need to find it. |
Hmm, I have the X tranny that I converted to a flux with p/n 100905. I will pop the top and take a magnet to the top gear to see if it is steel or not.
As far as running metal on metal gears dry... How many of your peeps drain the gear oil out of their car axles to get better performance... Some people are just "ate up with the stupid", my friend used to say that...
Metal on metal gears need some sort of lubrication to cut the friction/heat generated. Plus the sliding action at different rates due to the speed differential between the 2 different sized gears causes a grinding action that wears material away. Having a high pressure lubricant to fill the gaps cannot hurt, save for a little added drag.