Does this ring gear pattern look ok?

It's a dana 44. It's my first time setting up gears. Looks like too flat of a pattern to me

 

You are getting good contact .Little hard to tell by your pics mind you. Hows the backlash and pre-load ?

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Agreed, contact seems good but between my tired ass eyes/you're pics & goop (I'm assuming) on the ring & pinion too I assume makes it hard to tell for sure , did your pinion bearing take a shit ??

 

Clean'em up & if the burn/score marks are even & centered, they're probably ok, I lost pretty much all pre load & could rotate the pinion about an inch out of the diff..

 

The backlash is about .009. The Preload feels good


This is a 538 dana 44 on my front sas.

Wanted to make sure it was ok befor I but it back together. The pattern just looked a bit flat to me.

 

Thats kinda what I meant about cleaning up the ring, I can't tell if I see an irregular surface across the teeth or if it's grease ... I didnt read, what prompted opening in the first place ?? , rebuild ? upgrade ? or as asked , pinion ? Making noise ??... Anyway it DOES look like your burn-in is in the middle which is pretty much where you'd want to be (matched gears) right in the meat of it ..

 

Doing regear to match rear. The axle was stock gears out of a Cherokee cheif

 

Aahh, nice....

 

Here's a little better pic

 

Thats what I'm talkin' about, teeth look great!....

 

i slaped it all together. the backlash is a bit tight at 5 thousandths but with new gears and bearings i should be ok. thanks for the help ill let you know how it does