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Travis,

We didn't use lapping compound this year... mainly because the mesh of our new gearboxes was pretty good. We would run them for a while NON-GREASED, to work themselves in... then once they are worked, we would add grease.

As for when to lap gears, all I can suggest is to do it when you have a bad, tight mesh. I would start with the finest lapping compound you can get and work up from there.

I am definitely not an expert with regard to lapping gears... so if any of you have more experice, please correct me.

Andy B.