Outer Limits 4x4 Board

Hey guys. just a few questions reguarding my hilux, as most of you may no i won the set of trail gear 4.7's and are almost in the ute. The few things i wanted to clarify was, tyres and most running gear. Now i got 4.3's in diff wise and standard cv's.

Now that i have gears i was gonna sell my 32 bighorns, and go my original tyre that i wanted a 33 jt2 in an 11.5 wide. ive been told i should be right now that im geared down, both drivablity and driveline stress, but does this include my strenght of cv;s?

im pretty good and no what situations i shouldnt be uppin it and turning hard into things with force, but just though i could get someone to clarify this in simple for me. im also unlocked, so no stress of lockers to consider.

cheers guys, hope you all had a good chrissy!

Chris

Going to a higher ratio reduces stress on the CV's, then going a bigger tyre will return the stress you took away.

They'll be right. You will be driving more gently with the crawler gears, and a 34" tire really isn't alot of stress for a hilux CV, especially unlocked.

-Stu

ok , well its really only gonna be for 4-6 months until i get some 27longs. well thanks for that db and v6. any other opinions welcome

None the less, it would be (always is) a good idea to carry a spare CV and to know how to change it! It's a sub 1 hour trackside job.

Lux_89 wrote:ok , well its really only gonna be for 4-6 months until i get some 27longs. well thanks for that db and v6. any other opinions welcome

lockers before longs

if i do lockers b4 longs ill surely have a rad poppin noise commin from the front

Lux_89 wrote:ok , well its really only gonna be for 4-6 months until i get some 27longs. well thanks for that db and v6. any other opinions welcome

Dont waste your money on 27 spline longs. Buy the 30 spline super set. Your going to need them eventually any way You will only end up breaking inner axles with the 27 splines.

Should only be half the stress on the cv's when locked , as drive is going thru 2 wheels instead of one

lockers = snap

Is the axle ratio really going to make any difference to the stress on the CV's if the tyre size doesnt change?

Lux_89 wrote:ok , well its really only gonna be for 4-6 months until i get some 27longs. well thanks for that db and v6. any other opinions welcome

30 spline Longs. Do it right the first time.

Jason

ok sponging all this up, cheers, i dont really intend on running above 34's for a few years yet. But then again a have a few mates on budget with 33's and twin locks and they havnt broken standard cv's yet.. this puzzles me

comes down to how u drive i think.....i belive once u are locked u reduce ur chances of breaking a cv due to having equal drive to both wheels, so the times u need to give it gas to "hop"for lack of a better word over a obstical are reduced and this is when ppl seem to break cvs. the other seems to be when the wheels are turned and theres abit to much grip or to much gassing they go pop. just drive it n if they go pop replace it then.

Chris runs his 36 iroks with dual cases and standard ratios he is running stock CV's also and done some prettys tuff stuff but he keeps of the loud pedal and crawls most stuff so they can hold up but for how long is the Q and keep it off full lock.

Just adjust your steering stops out a little further so you cant go to far a lock takes a bit less of stress on the CV and when your ready get the 30 spliners.

Dave

I used to bust standard CV's every trip before I got my old rockhopper crawler gears and that was back when I was only on 33's. When I put the crawlers in I used to only break one CV every few trips.

chris, mike ran 39s, 4.8s and dual transfers unlocked and never broke a cv, he did however mash a rear ring and pinion and rip out a spring locator pin. and elongate the locator hole in the front. it was driven hard and his cvs are still very tight.