DTS recommended axle break in procedure for new gear sets
There are some things that need to be done in order the have a good service life of your gear set.
DO NOT use any type of synthetic oil during break in. We recommend a good name brand petroleum based 85w-140 gear lube.
If your gear set is noisy , you need to recheck your set up(aftermarket gearsets are not guaranted to be quiet)
If you have any questions feel free to call.
BREAK IN FOR STREET USE
(85w-140 gear lube gl-5 based) When you first get your gear set installed, check to make sure you have oil in the axle before you drive the vehicle, over filling to the point that oil runs out of the fill plug is a good level. Take the vehicle out for a test drive to see if you have any noise from the gearset. If you have noise (DO NOT CONTINUE TO DRIVE).
If you have no noise you may continue on you first break in drive. Break in consist of a series of three thirty mile drives. Letting the rear end cool down completly between drives . Drive easily between 45 and 65mph, avoid prolonged stops and hard acceleration. After the three initial break in drives, you are good to drive up to 100 miles at a time, after 500 miles the gear lube should be changed.
now this is for the gear sets that they sell, but will go along with our complete axle assemblies.
Also Rob at DTS is putting together a small install kit for our axles.
It should consist of a new lower plate, break lines of such, and I need to find out about the e brake cable.
The reason for the new lower plate and u bolts is our stock axles were 3 1/2 inches round, where the new axle is 3 inches round.
I should find out about this today.
I do want to thank everyone for entrusting me with thier thousands of $
and I hope we have many years of super service out of our axles.
anyone interested in an axle assembly or any other rear axle part, gears, carriers just give me a hollar, they set me up to get a little better price than retail for us buying so many axles.
I will say tho that the 4.88 set up may be more than unitrax's because DTS uses a complete new carrier assembly.
There are some things that need to be done in order the have a good service life of your gear set.
DO NOT use any type of synthetic oil during break in. We recommend a good name brand petroleum based 85w-140 gear lube.
If your gear set is noisy , you need to recheck your set up(aftermarket gearsets are not guaranted to be quiet)
If you have any questions feel free to call.
BREAK IN FOR STREET USE
(85w-140 gear lube gl-5 based) When you first get your gear set installed, check to make sure you have oil in the axle before you drive the vehicle, over filling to the point that oil runs out of the fill plug is a good level. Take the vehicle out for a test drive to see if you have any noise from the gearset. If you have noise (DO NOT CONTINUE TO DRIVE).
If you have no noise you may continue on you first break in drive. Break in consist of a series of three thirty mile drives. Letting the rear end cool down completly between drives . Drive easily between 45 and 65mph, avoid prolonged stops and hard acceleration. After the three initial break in drives, you are good to drive up to 100 miles at a time, after 500 miles the gear lube should be changed.
now this is for the gear sets that they sell, but will go along with our complete axle assemblies.
Also Rob at DTS is putting together a small install kit for our axles.
It should consist of a new lower plate, break lines of such, and I need to find out about the e brake cable.
The reason for the new lower plate and u bolts is our stock axles were 3 1/2 inches round, where the new axle is 3 inches round.
I should find out about this today.
I do want to thank everyone for entrusting me with thier thousands of $
and I hope we have many years of super service out of our axles.
anyone interested in an axle assembly or any other rear axle part, gears, carriers just give me a hollar, they set me up to get a little better price than retail for us buying so many axles.
I will say tho that the 4.88 set up may be more than unitrax's because DTS uses a complete new carrier assembly.
