Reply To: Ring & Pinion for 1933 Model 836

[David Stevens]

I have a set of 3.85 gears from Phil Bray in our 1933 1247. They were not properly lapped, but Phil insisted that the problem was due to improper setup. Scott Statstny did as good as he could, but they are noisy. Later Phil got multiple complaints about the same issue. I loaned him my original low mileage gearset for ‘testing’ and he determined that some sets were improper. He took back and refunded or adjusted at least 4 sets, but never did any adjustment for me. Eventually he said he’d test them if I pulled them out and sent them to him for ‘testing’, but refused to pay for the labor.

He proved to me once again that no good deed goes unpunished!

If the set in question was machined and lapped before 1999 it is probably OK. Otherwise it may have lapping & setup issues.