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  1. simp5782

    Rockwell 5 ton input torque rating... What breaks first. Bearing caps? Shafts? Ring gear? Pinion?

    You can run a big cam up to 2700rpms before it puts a valve in a piston. Max hp is 2100 2150rpms. I run mine up to 2300 or 2400 on a heavy load shift to get me out of the hole around 1700 on a wide gapped transmission. This is especially something to do on an Allison 4000 series in a 915/916 as...
  2. simp5782

    Rockwell 5 ton input torque rating... What breaks first. Bearing caps? Shafts? Ring gear? Pinion?

    On a 9 10 or 13 you are going to have to start off in 2nd or 3rd anyway. Otherwise you will be grinding without enough speed up. The CAT I could start off as high as 8th. But the cat is a whole different beast Most 9, 10s 13s can swap on an SAE 2 housing to match the small cam or 6cTa...
  3. simp5782

    Rockwell 5 ton input torque rating... What breaks first. Bearing caps? Shafts? Ring gear? Pinion?

    Weak link is the Input bearing. But it takes severe torque. This was big cam with 1500ft lbs thru a CAT 7155 with a 2.66 low range transfer case. It used to eat 1710 u joints in low range. But I wore an input bearing out a few times. Without being a heavy modified 5 ton it'll hold up for awhile
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