5.13 Gear Issues
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There's a 500 mile break in period when you get new gears where they say you should not go over 65mph, do any hard accelerating, etc in order to allow a nice wear pattern to occur on the gears. Were you able to perform this? If so, maybe switching to a different brand such as Yukon would help (I have theirs in 5.13 as well with 40" tires). Though I've seen quite a few Superior 5.13 gears being ran on rigs with Dana 44s and 40" tires without any problems....and they wheel them hard.
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still never answered how many miles did each last? I'd be going to a different shop thats for sure and I hope superior warranties them but I understand if they dont.
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First set of gears lasted about 10 months then they broke the second set lasted about 5 weeks and I am pretty sure they weren't installed correctly. I am waiting to hear back from Superior Gear about warranty claim if possible.
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Well there are several people I know that are running larger tires than 37" with the same gear set up and haven't had a single problem. So I don't think the tires are the main issue probably the mechanic who installed them.