yukon gears ?

[kennyglm]

i am having a hard time finding dana gears for my truck and dont feel like waiting 6 months till they make more so my question is. Are yukon gears any good yet i hear mixed reviews on them ?

Sponsored

 

[OHJeeper]

Run... run fast.

I think they used to be top quality, but recently heard very bad reviews. Two shops in my area won't even use them on a JT anymore and only use Dana Spicer or Revolution now.

Which gears were you wanting? I just had a quote for 5.13 Dana's and was given a 2-week lead time.

 

[Minty JL]

Yukon is now China trash.......wait for the good stuff.,

 

[Rusty PW]

Yukon is hit or miss with quality now. A lot of negative stuff being posted about them.

 

[Panthers65]

Which gears were you wanting? I just had a quote for 5.13 Dana's and was given a 2-week lead time.

Ordered my 5.13's back at the end of November. The masters and front gears showed up immediately, still waiting on the rears and the Eaton

 

[kennyglm]

doesnt seem to be much options out there now. Anybody use revolution gears ?

 

[ryanlsmith]

Mine whine. Had a second shop verify contact pattern and said it looked fine, but the gears themselves must just not be that great.

 

[IdahoRubicon]

What gears do you have that whine?

 

[Rusty PW]

What gears do you have that whine?

Believe he has the Yukon's.

 

[bleda2002]

I have a buddy that installs literally hundreds of jl and JT gears a year, it's basically his shops bread and butter. He refuses to use anything other than Dana spicer (first choice) or revolution as they're the only ones he's found to have little to no complaints.

When I was researching gears I found Yukon had the most complaints, while I couldn't find a single Dana spicer set that had whine reported here or the jl forum.

I believe the Dana spicers should be coming in to stock toward the end of the month as that's what they told me last month when I was helping a buddy find gears.

 

[Panthers65]

I believe the Dana spicers should be coming in to stock toward the end of the month as that's what they told me last month when I was helping a buddy find gears.

Hoping for this. I'm not in a big hurry, but I actually called Dana Spicer CS to confirm the numbers on my gears that did show up. I was told over the phone that all Dana geaers are cut to be +-0, meaning (in theory) all dana spicer R&Ps should basically bolt in with the factory shim thickness.

I'll still be running a pattern just to be sure, but if Dana Spicer is comfortable enough to be stamping this on their pinions and telling customers this over the phone, that tells me they are doing something right.

 

[kennyglm]

Well i am gonna try the yukon gears . Theres thousands of yukon gears out there if they were that bad they wouldnt be in business . I am going with 4.88s. Ive been trying to get danas since early november with no luck so i am pretty tired of the hassle. Wish me luck !

 

[Zero_Accel]

Well i am gonna try the yukon gears . Theres thousands of yukon gears out there if they were that bad they wouldnt be in business . I am going with 4.88s. Ive been trying to get danas since early november with no luck so i am pretty tired of the hassle. Wish me luck !

That's the same exact set that I have, I've got about 10,000 miles on mine, and so far no issues. Here's to hoping that stays true.

 

[rharr]

Well i am gonna try the yukon gears . Theres thousands of yukon gears out there if they were that bad they wouldnt be in business . I am going with 4.88s. Ive been trying to get danas since early november with no luck so i am pretty tired of the hassle. Wish me luck !

The thing with the yukons seems to be the source. From another thread, ppl burying yukons from say amazon are more likely to get yukon clones/counterfeits/cast offs. The safest bet is to purchase the gears through a driveline shop that does installs all day. They have their trusted suppliers they get gears from cause they don't want to do warranty work for free because they installed a crappy products.

Go find a local driveline/axle shop and talk to them. 4x4 shops/mechanic shops and such are less likely to have the same insider relationship with gear vendors.

Most gears I believe now are only coming out of a few factories in Korea and China and Dana being the only US made gears.

 

[teamblkdog]

Well i am gonna try the yukon gears . Theres thousands of yukon gears out there if they were that bad they wouldnt be in business . I am going with 4.88s. Ive been trying to get danas since early november with no luck so i am pretty tired of the hassle. Wish me luck !

1 year on my 4.88 Yukons and no complaints.

Sponsored