Rear gear change
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Rear gear change
94 2wd ranger 5sp 2.3. if i wanted to put lower rear gears in my ranger what would i need to do? would some gears out of a 90-92 4wd ranger work. am i correct in thinking they are lower?
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Rear gear change
If you want to swap gears, you pull the diff. After you set the new ring and pinion on you have to set your bearing endplay, then backlash, and last you will have to make sure you have a good contact pattern. You will need a dial indicator.
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Rear gear change
i have a 1991 Ford 4X4 F-250 with the 351 and a 5 speed overdrive tranny. i have the 4.10 gearing and thought about going with the 3.73 for the gas milage, but how much power will i lose since i use the truck for hauling once in awhile?
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It's the equivilant to 15 or so hp. If you've never done an axle before, don't even try it. It's very tricky and complicated. You need to watch someone do it before you can do it yourself.
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Originally posted by MustangGT221
It's the equivilant to 15 or so hp. If you've never done an axle before, don't even try it. It's very tricky and complicated. You need to watch someone do it before you can do it yourself.
It's the equivilant to 15 or so hp. If you've never done an axle before, don't even try it. It's very tricky and complicated. You need to watch someone do it before you can do it yourself.
Are you basing that number on the ET difference?
Just curious......
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Rear gear change
Your more or less loosing torque not horse power when going up in gears. Higher gears, HP might actually increase because the pinion gear is bigger then increasing efficiency of the rear end.
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Rear gear change
would it be easier to install the axles shocks springs brakes and everything from the other truck? or will the years make any difference? how complicated would it be? in theory i would not have to add anything else to the axle right?
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Originally posted by 1yamman350
would it be easier to install the axles shocks springs brakes and everything from the other truck? or will the years make any difference? how complicated would it be? in theory i would not have to add anything else to the axle right?
would it be easier to install the axles shocks springs brakes and everything from the other truck? or will the years make any difference? how complicated would it be? in theory i would not have to add anything else to the axle right?