Calgary Jeep Association
4x4 Related Groups => General Talk => Topic started by: adamnigh on June 17, 2009, 10:57:39 AM
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okay guys, im ordering my new axles here soon, and i have the choice of gears obviosuly. So im running 36x12.5x15 TSL/SX'S, so what do you figure i should use for gears. i was thinking 4.56:1 but maybe 4.88:1. Is anyone runnin those size tires with either of those gears? If so, what do you think? Thanks for your help!
-Adam Nigh
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okay guys, im ordering my new axles here soon, and i have the choice of gears obviosuly. So im running 36x12.5x15 TSL/SX'S, so what do you figure i should use for gears. i was thinking 4.56:1 but maybe 4.88:1. Is anyone runnin those size tires with either of those gears? If so, what do you think? Thanks for your help!
-Adam Nigh
The lower the better. 4:88. I am runing 4:88 with 33" tires.
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hows that driving on the highway? and how is your gas mileage??
thanks
-Adam
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hows that driving on the highway? and how is your gas mileage??
thanks
-Adam
It runs about 2700 RPM at 100KM 5th gear not great for milage but it pulls up hills realy well. Your 36" tires would run that gearing well. It's not likley any jeep is going for a high top end. ;)
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hahah very true. im sure anything is better than the mileage im getting now, 36's and 3.07's dont go well together
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hahah very true. im sure anything is better than the mileage im getting now, 36's and 3.07's dont go well together
Crap I hated 3:07 and 33", yours must be a beast to drive. Ever get out of 2nd gear? 3rd must be a rare treat. ;D
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another vote for 4.88's with 36's. I've got 4.88's and have run both 35's and 37's... I can use 5th on the highway and my mileage is double digits again.
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every now and then i can throw it in fourth down a nice steep hill behind a semi with the wind pushing me hahah! alright, two people proven to be smarter than me have voted 4.88, my mind might be changing. im getting 300 clicks to a tank right now. what do you get FUG?
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Well over the past year I haven't even used a full tank.... HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
When it is actually on the road I seem to recall the gas light coming on around 350Km or so.
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i run iroks and 4.56s. its adequate at BEST........................ go 4.88s; if i ever swap a D44 into it i'd run 5.13s......
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i ran 5.13's with 37's. my vote is 5.13.
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i think 5.13 might be a bit much for me. im thinking 4.88's will be my choice. i dont wanna go too low, this is still my daily driver lol
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Out of curiosity, how much are you paying for those axles? What kind of lockers? Chromoly axle shafts?
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he quoted me at about 5 and a half grand, for two complete 44's, with any gear choice, the rear has a detroit, and the front has a detroit true trac, and yes chromoly shafts on both, with solid diff covers. and said if i pick them up and order them both at the same time hed work something out. how come?
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Oh, I could use a set my self one of these days.
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ill let ya know how it all goes and everything when i get them. you think thats a decent price? seems to be the best ive found so far, and i can go get them myself, shipping from the states would be brutal.
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Well, the best price would be finding a set of built axles on kijiji from someone who started a project and cant finish it. But, you could be waiting a while and this way you get exactly what you want. The cost to build a set of axles would be up there also. I've already sunk $1800 in to a dana 30 and it's not even geared yet. $5500, sure if you've got the cash get it all done at once and don't waste your time and money on smaller axles.
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yeah thats what im thinking. ive already blown up my 35 once, luckily it was an easy fix, but im gunna break somethin again and be screwed i know it lol. now i just gotta decide if i should try and put these in myself, or pay someone. im half retarded so it might be hard lol but my brothers pretty good mechanicly, how hard would it be? anyone know how well the 44's will hold up with 36 inch tires, there locked, but with chromoly, im not a crazy driver or anything but i do like to try hard stuff.
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I'm running 5.38s with my V8/auto ZJ. It had 36s and now 37s. I have NEVER wished that I had gone with a higher gear.
I broke two front axle shafts last year but they were stock shafts and I was using the V8, not all of it but more than I usually like to. I also had a posi in the front diff and think that when they snapped the posi broke loose and allowed all the torque to go to one wheel thus overloading that shaft. I now have an Eaton elocker and hope that keeping the power flow even will help keep from snapping more shafts. Chrome mollys are on the list though....