What is the main difference between the stock bearing caps and the Comptech reinforced ones? Is it just a thicker chunk of steel being used or is it a different type of steel? What type of metal would be the best to use if you wanted to make the caps stonger...Tungsten, Titanium, or just a piece of hardened tool steel?

Any metallurgists on this board?

 

The OEM ones are a cast iron or cast something. The Comptech ones are billet steel.

 

Better question is does this piece BREAK? Or is it the Ring & Pinion that breaks?

 

My understanding is that just about anything in the diff is fragile.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Pinky
[B]Better question is does this piece BREAK?

 

So the billet steel caps seems to be working out just fine then. Has anyone with the Comptech caps had them break yet?

 

I don't know of that many owners who have installed the bearing caps. But I've never heard of them failing.