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Backlash and gear tooth depth is checked via this yellow compound designed specifically for gear lapping. This is how the gear tooth pattern should look, right smack in the middle of each tooth. Contact should be dead center in pull and coast.
Upgrade A '71-'73 Rearend And Suspension

 Backlash and gear tooth depth is checked via this yellow compound designed specifically for gear lapping. This is how the gear tooth pattern should look, right smack in the middle of each tooth. Contact should be dead center in pull and coast.  View Related Article

 

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