Gears for our 4x4 hoes!!!!

chantz1991 · Jan 12, 2010

hopefully site works,

i wonder if this place and gear set is legit, and i also need a rear locker, so tell me what yall think

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/GM-8...r_Truck_Parts_Accessories?hash=item563337a5dd

blueflamed03 · Jan 13, 2010

alot of people use Ron's too.

http://www.ronsmachiningservice.net/servlet/the-2600/GM-8.5-OEM-4.10/Detail

foreverfalcon40 · Jan 15, 2010

4.25's holy shit!

most exspensive part is putting them in fyi.

loulblades · Jan 15, 2010

When I was looking to change my gears, I ran across this page:

http://www.4lo.com/calc/geartable.htm

99COOP · Jan 15, 2010

Whats the brand? unless i missed it, i would only go w/ well known/reliable brands. The last thing you want is to spend 1000 bucks on gears, locker, and install only to have them whine every time your coasting.
btw, are you sure you wanna run a locker in a DD application ?

bowtiefreak · Jan 16, 2010

I agree with 99coop. A locker is tough on a DD and get some decent name gears. I am running yukons and they are great so far.

1weasel · Jan 16, 2010

loulblades said:
When I was looking to change my gears, I ran across this page:

http://www.4lo.com/calc/geartable.htm

That page said that I need 4.27 gears for my 33"s to get back to stock gearing. Does that sound correct? But when I did the quick calculation (.12*33) it came up with a 3.96 gears, which I guess puts it between fuel economy and factory ratio. I'm pretty sure that I have 3.73's in there now (from the code)

bai78 · Jan 16, 2010

99COOP said:
Whats the brand? unless i missed it, i would only go w/ well known/reliable brands.

Motive gears.

1weasel said:
That page said that I need 4.27 gears for my 33"s to get back to stock gearing. Does that sound correct? But when I did the quick calculation (.12*33) it came up with a 3.96 gears, which I guess puts it between fuel economy and factory ratio. I'm pretty sure that I have 3.73's in there now (from the code)

If you are going to stay with 33", just do 4.10's & call it a day. If you want a bit more umph do 4.27. It is a bit harder to find 4.27 for the 8.25 front diff but 4.10's are abundant. Now if bigger is in the near future like 35"s, do 4.56. It's just my 2¢ as I have run both 33" & 35" with 4.56 gears.

Chevyrider619 · Jan 16, 2010

I'm running 35's with 456's and their good..456's are good for road and off road(wink wink) not the greatest gas but maybe someday u might wanna go bigger those 456 will come in handy my 2cent..

Landchipper · Jan 16, 2010

X2

I agree with Bowtiefreak get the YUKON set for strength and
quietness of function. Cheaper sets have a tendancy to roar
even when new and installed correctly. My 0.02$ worth.

Gears for our 4x4 hoes!!!!

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