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Need to go slower down hills
Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 5:04 pm
by Dash007
G'Day guys
My problem is when I am coming down in ( low 4 ) wet greasy hills I still need to brake occasionally and with that I am finding myself sideways which is not good for me or the wife
What I need to know is what is the best way to slow the beast down.
Should I replace diffs or T/case gears?
Cheers Darryl
Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 5:20 pm
by Ian Sharpe
lower transfer gears will give you more bang for your $$ & wont effect highway driving. YOU can tweak it a bit more with diff gear changes , but bear in mind there are 2 diffs, so basically doubles the cost.
2.85 gears are available for the 3.ol pajs, & 3.14 for the later vehicles.
I have an NL auto with 3.14 gears, so with auto tranny i get about 40:1 which is a far improvement over the 25:1 stock ratio, but given that its still only equivalent to my old series 2 Landrover, then its nothing to write home about. If you have a manual vehicle you will fare better.
BTW I still have to use the brakes sometimes in 4wd low!
Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 5:45 pm
by Vineboy
Maybe pick a lower gear.
Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 5:49 pm
by Dash007
Should have let you know what I drive .
It's a 1994, lwb, 3lt V6, man, Pajero with 265/75/16 tyre's
Cheers Darryl
Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 5:50 pm
by Dash007
Can only go so low.
Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 6:41 pm
by Ian Sharpe
Dash007 wrote:Should have let you know what I drive .
It's a 1994, lwb, 3lt V6, man, Pajero with 265/75/16 tyre's
Cheers Darryl
not sure what your 1st gear ratio is, but you should get over 50:1 with 2.85 gears
Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 8:59 pm
by -Scott-
Ian Sharpe wrote:Dash007 wrote:Should have let you know what I drive .
It's a 1994, lwb, 3lt V6, man, Pajero with 265/75/16 tyre's
Cheers Darryl
not sure what your 1st gear ratio is, but you should get over 50:1 with 2.85 gears
Mine worked out at 55:1 - I'm happy with it.
I've got 4.875 diffs; if you've got 4.625 (?) you'd work out at about 52:1.