Thread: high pinion????
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Old 08-17-2011, 10:24 PM   #9
flatlander757
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Originally Posted by T-bird View Post
The same thing is true for a low pinion when you are driving in reverse ( you are pushing on the coast side of the gears). That is why you should not recover someone in reverse because it puts a lot of stress on the drivetrain and they are getting pushed away from each other.
Right.

At the same time though, if you have a low pinion front then you're at least driving on the drive side if you do something dumb is reverse... but I would still never pull anyone out because stuff breaking up front is about 2x more expensive
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