3.67 Final Drive

[vic marks]

Marvin's a hell of a nice guy. He's retired from the oilfield equipment
business and used to build all of Red Adair's special fire fighting
equipment. He's got some great stories to tell at the Classic's Rallies.

I'm running one of his 3.46 final drives in my coach and am very happy with
it.

Bill:

I have heard two things (both unsubstantiated):

1. The first is that Marvin was quite ill and was no longer doing the
gears. I assume that this is false given the ad.
2. The units that he put together had some problems with being "noisy", and
were more difficult to install. Something about not being pre-shimmed (I
have never had my final drive apart, so my description may be quite
erroneous). This was early on in the game and may have been fixed. Any uses
have comments on this?

I believe that Cinnabar criticized his setup due to the gear size (or
something like that) but I suspect that this was a bit of competitive
slanging based on theory rather than on whether it stood up in the real
world.

Myths or reality?


Vic Marks
Vancouver BC
75 transmode

 

[bdub]

>
>Marvin's a hell of a nice guy. He's retired from the oilfield equipment
>business and used to build all of Red Adair's special fire fighting
>equipment. He's got some great stories to tell at the Classic's Rallies.
>
>I'm running one of his 3.46 final drives in my coach and am very happy with
>it.
>
>Bill:
>
>I have heard two things (both unsubstantiated):
>
>1. The first is that Marvin was quite ill and was no longer doing the
>gears. I assume that this is false given the ad.

He looked great and was energetic at the Uvalde Classics Rally a couple o
weeks ago.


>2. The units that he put together had some problems with being "noisy", and
>were more difficult to install. Something about not being pre-shimmed (I
>have never had my final drive apart, so my description may be quite
>erroneous). This was early on in the game and may have been fixed. Any uses
>have comments on this?


All I have to go by is the unit installed in my coach. It's quite and does
it's job well.


>I believe that Cinnabar criticized his setup due to the gear size (or
>something like that) but I suspect that this was a bit of competitive
>slanging based on theory rather than on whether it stood up in the real
>world.

I believe that many have criticized Wes Caughlin also, even when they had
nothing to gain.


>Myths or reality?


My experiences are by reality only. No myth involved here.


bdub
Central Texas
76 Palm Beach