I am officially 4X4!!!

[JoFotoz]

Awesome Matt

Glad it went together well..and works!!

One way to ascertain re-gearing is to check speedo accuracy.

Given you have bigger tires, it WILL be off anyway ( reading low).. BUT...

If you get the % that its off ( via GPS or rolling road maybe)..then compare with another owner
with same size tires that knows they have OEM gearing...
..that should give you an answer.

And as you say..the messy way is to open up rear diff and count pinion & ring gear teeth.
No need to open front too..as it will match rear!

Good on ya for donating too...
We'd all be lost without this great site and the time/cost 'n effort that Scott puts in to keep it going !!

Cheers

Jo

[tom4bren]

I think you can just jack up one front wheel and turn it. IIRC the front prop shaft should turn 4.30 times for each complete revolution of the wheel. I might have that backwards though. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.

[MSHardeman]

I think it's probably just normal. I know when I drop my VX into 4-lo it feels like she "sits up" (for lack of a better term) and wants to go go go! I really have to stand on the brake pedal to keep her from moving forward.

[bartmanS4]

Awesome, glad the shaft worked out for you and no apparent CV issues.

I think you can just jack up one front wheel and turn it. IIRC the front prop shaft should turn 4.30 times for each complete revolution of the wheel. I might have that backwards though. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.

That's correct and if it turns 4.5 or 4.8 times you would know it has 4.56 or 4.77 gearing respectively.

[JoFotoz]

AWESOME... never knew the "turn the wheel" trick

Learning something new every day

Cheers

Jo

[tom4bren]

AWESOME... never knew the "turn the wheel" trick

Learning something new every day

Cheers

Jo

DANG. All this time we've been living under the erroneous assumption that the Whore Jockey was untrainable. Go figger!!!

[JoFotoz]

Au Contraire...

DANG. All this time we've been living under the erroneous assumption that the Whore Jockey was untrainable. Go figger!!!

...the WJ is un(cons)trainable

jo

[tom4bren]

ROFL - Yer killin me here son. Dat wuz a Mt Dew tru da nose response.

[mattferguson14]

Awesome, glad the shaft worked out for you and no apparent CV issues.



That's correct and if it turns 4.5 or 4.8 times you would know it has 4.56 or 4.77 gearing respectively.

My only problem with this is, how the heck can I tell the difference between 4.5 revolutions and 4.8?? it seems like such a miniscule amount.. will it be apparently obvious, or will I need to use some type of measuring device?