Great info, thanks! My dad tells me this is what you do

Used to sell diff parts, business failed. Didn't do a lot of installs, but I've done more than most people at about 10.

A friend of mine who has only done one or two suggested a beam or dial type inch pound torque from a bike shop for only $30 or so in order to get the preload specs. Would you agree with that?

The only dial type that I've ever seen in Snap-On and it's $250 last I checked. A cheapo beam works, and you want to spin it just fast enough that you overcome the stiction so the needle doesn't bounce around.

Hi Jon: Weren't Ring & Pinion sets sold in matched set's, which you didn't get if you ordered the parts individually? I recall running into that problem at one time...

FWIW,

Carl B.

R&Ps are matched sets. I've never heard of anyone selling a ring or pinion separately for that reason. Have seen the odd instance where a guy tries to change from a 3.70 to a 3.90 by installing a 39 tooth ring gear onto a 10 tooth pinion out of a 3.70 and that absolutely does not work.

hey, i was google searching r200 longnose ratio info and came across this thread, iv just acquired a 3.9 which is my ideal ratio and so now im selling my 4.37 ratio r200 longnose as either a CWP set or complete diff. i however am in christchurch, new zealand. but i do have a couple of very good friends that are in international shipping if your intrested in this diff/CWP set. add me on facebook if you would like to discuss this further via chat or phone.

http://www.facebook.com/daniel.m.adams

Is your diff a LSD? Too bad, but I have a 3:90 open R-200 that we could have done some swapping. Let me know....