[Zeeman]

Hi all. Building a 4 speed box for a pan/shovel. Need new internals, but my engine builder doesn't like Andrews gears. He claims the hardening is substandard, and only lasts 20,000 miles or so before being worn through.

Anyone care to venture an opinion on this, or recommend another brand of gears? Thanks.

 

[Zeeman]

Haven't got that far yet. I just thought it odd that he didn't like Andrews gears, when they are pretty much industry standard for high performance gears for older Harleys, and I've heard nothing but good things about them.

 

[Zeeman]

About 12 years back Andrews Rep took a beating out here . A batch of main shafts if I remember right had defective hardening and there were a number of high profile lower mileage failures . Several small shops were burned by it and while I'm not savvy on what happened behind the scenes it can't have been good as those shops affected by the failures will not touch Andrews with a barge pole . When I wanted to get Andrews in the 81' 4 speed I have in the bobber the first 2 shops I tried refused unless I specified some other gear supplier . The third used Andrews but to be cautious I used a HD main shaft .

Hmm, perhaps this is the reason.

Thanks everyone for advice. Seems to confirm what I was thinking. Going to go with Andrews stuff.