Thanks for the feedback on this. I've seen some posts in which people did the gear flip and said it slipped back into the worn out portion after a time. Hard to tell what they did or did not do wrong.
My gear certainly looked totally unused on one side when i pulled it, it still had the original green lube on the non-worn side:
The worn side is exactly 180 degrees on the bottom in that photo but you can't tell it's worn in that picture.
I opted to replace the gear all together just to be sure I didn't have to mess with it again for another 60k miles or so ...
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Originally Posted by SlickGT1
No, not there yet. 14k miles about. Not one issue so far. That gear, essentially only uses about 30% of its surface. Flipping it over 180 should essentially give it new life. Yea I won't be able to flip it in 70k miles, but right now I am confident it will hold up. Quite a few dirt road experiences and snow, not even a hickup.
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