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[jht3]

Already has Marlin crawler and 4:56’s thanks to PO…

curious how it will drive w/ 315's, 4.56's and 10% UD gears. that should net you the equivalent of 5.00 axle gears if my math is mathing

i'm still at 4.10 on 285's, but have Eaton lockers planned. stuck deciding between 4.56 or 4.88, but leaning towards 4.56, with 315's or 35's planned for when i need tires.

 

[CrabCake]

curious how it will drive w/ 315's, 4.56's and 10% UD gears. that should net you the equivalent of 5.00 axle gears if my math is mathing

i'm still at 4.10 on 285's, but have Eaton lockers planned. stuck deciding between 4.56 or 4.88, but leaning towards 4.56, with 315's or 35's planned for when i need tires.

You are welcome to come and drive mine before I do the 10% as it has 4:56 now on 315’s to get a feel for it.

 

[PAToyota]

Using an OEM kit to rebuild, everything fit well. A boot clamp tool is a good investment. I wish I'd bought one the last time I did one of these.

Affirmative on the OEM kit. And I have the crimp tool - which doesn't help at all with getting the clamp on the boot to start with. Or is there another tool I'm missing?

 

[pvchaitanya]

You are welcome to come and drive mine before I do the 10% as it has 4:56 now on 315’s to get a feel for it.

a newbie question. what benefit do you get from changing the default gear ratio? has your rig in its default differential not handled something well that people move to a different gear ratio?

 

[CrabCake]

a newbie question. what benefit do you get from changing the default gear ratio? has your rig in its default differential not handled something well that people move to a different gear ratio?

Larger tires completely change the final drive ratio, so changing the differentials and/or underdrive gear helps get you back closer to a stock ratio. Off road with the 4Lo, gearing is fine, but with larger tires, it really drags the power down on stock gearing. The upgrade gives better off the line and highway driving as it keeps your RPM's closer to the stock power band and what the engine was designed for.

in simple and maybe not totally accurate terms:
285's (about 32 1/2" tire) change by one ratio
315's (about 34 1/2" tire) change by two ratios
37's change by 3 ratios+

Hope this helps a bit...basically, larger tires on stock gearing will make you feel like you're trying to drive with your e-brake on a bit.

 

[JohnVee]

And the low range gear will keep you from riding the brake pedal when you need to move slow in LO.

 

[matzell]

Ordered the 10% under drive gear, time to pull the T-case soon…after I do brakes and rotors on my wife’s Mini first!

Do it in the truck. We did two of them in one day at the last big tech day. 80 series and 100 series. Well actually, one 10% underdrive and two of the 3.1:1 low range gears.

 

[CrabCake]

Do it in the truck. We did two of them in one day at the last big tech day. 80 series and 100 series. Well actually, on 10% underdrive and two of the 3.1:1 low range gears.

I may, but I need to check my trans output seal that may be dripping…pretty sure it’s trans fluid that I have a little mess from on the skid.

 

[Blue77FJ40]

Will a return hose from tranny to tcase work as it does on a 40?

 

[jht3]

Do it in the truck. We did two of them in one day at the last big tech day. 80 series and 100 series. Well actually, one 10% underdrive and two of the 3.1:1 low range gears.

next tech day then? i'd be over my head attempting this solo, plus no shop press at my house. didn't realize the tcase could be left in the truck either.

 

[Land Shark]

next tech day then? i'd be over my head attempting this solo, plus no shop press at my house. didn't realize the tcase could be left in the truck either.

You work it from the back. so only taking out the back half so to speak.

 

[CrabCake]

next tech day then? i'd be over my head attempting this solo, plus no shop press at my house. didn't realize the tcase could be left in the truck either.

We can have a mini-tech day at my house if you want to do yours here...I have all of the tools, and after I do mine, one under my belt for experience!

 

[mgrs]

Finished restoring an air cleaner housing. Also replaced seal nuts, chamfered wing nuts, and gaskets with a high temp edpm. Truck is desmogged, hence the plugs. Intent is to use a an adapter and put on the weber clone carb until that carb gives up and I have to make the "back to OEM or go EFI" decision.

 

[Svensk120]

Finished restoring an air cleaner housing. Also replaced seal nuts, chamfered wing nuts, and gaskets with a high temp edpm. Truck is desmogged, hence the plugs. Intent is to use a an adapter and put on the weber clone carb until that carb gives up and I have to make the "back to OEM or go EFI" decision.




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WOW that looks amazing!

 

[mgrs]

“What am I about to be working on”

Now putting 500 miles a week on my 2009 commuter and shaking out all the marginal stuff. CV boot two weeks ago. This was the latest casualty. Kind of an unfortunate time for it to happen.

 

[CakeMountain]

My wife is a saint... Working through a headlight retrofit.

 

[ace10]

My wife is a saint... Working through a headlight retrofit.

 

[CrabCake]

Did my wife's front brakes on her Mini...had a scored rotor as it seems that they only like to put a wear sensor on one of the 4 front pads (that hadn't tripped yet, only 35k). Big fail from ECS (bought tons from them for VW's & Audis)...trying to go high quality Zimmerman rotors, ended up having to run to Autozone to get it back together on a Saturday afternoon before the storms came...

 

[TRDdrew]

Haven't gotten much done on the trucks except an oil change on the wife's Avalon, but house work and yard work have been taking up time. I figured it was time to take my shop back from the jungle that has been growing out front of it lol . The plants in general just needed a reset, got everything trimmed back and the front landing power washed. Also dollar store oven cleaner works better than any degreaser I've ever used, figured while I had the power washer out I'd clean up and put away my spare early 80 trans/Tcase

 

[StaleAle]

Wow! Ship-shape now. That's a lot of work in this heat and humidity. Pace yourself and take the next 4 weeks off from yard work.