Quote Originally Posted by redcagepatrol View Post
TrueHi9 says that the higher the ratio (for a high pinion), the stronger the gear set. They have a pretty big section on their website explaining why the reverse cut gears are stonger in the higher ratios rather than weaker.
http://www.truehi9.com/gears2.html

I don't know if that applies the the Toyota stuff also, but from the theory they use, it should.
i don't see them saying that at all, he only compares the it similar ratio dana 60 parts. all i gather from that (as i have read it before) is that due to high hypoid design of the 9" and large and low pinion offset you can get a better tooth pitch and cross section compared to a normal design. this doesnt apply to toyota as there pinion offset is not as extreme as a 9".