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hilux diff gears
Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 7:24 pm
by wayne74
i have a 98 hilux ifs front suspension ive just fitted a 4 inch lift and 33 tyres,i have 4.5 diff gears ive been told with the bigger tyres fit 4.8 gears and someone else told me to put in 4.1 gears ,can someone tell me which way i should go
Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 8:07 pm
by Weiner
See how it drives with the ratios it has in it now, cause they should be fine.
Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 8:14 pm
by wayne74
it seems slower then what it was and the speedo is out by about 5-10 km
Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 8:35 pm
by berad
id leave it.
save the money for things that break.
Of course its slower, youve essentialy changed the ratios, a bigger tyre, weighs more to start with, and it has a bigger circumference.....
If you were to change the gears you would put 4.88's in to bring it back to somewhere near normal, but for the mucking around changin the gears front and rear, i wouldnt worry about it.
Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 9:02 pm
by wayne74
ive got diff locks to fit as well so i thought id change them while i have the locks fitted ,what would happen if 4.1 gears were fitted
Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 2:09 pm
by Weiner
wayne74 wrote:ive got diff locks to fit as well so i thought id change them while i have the locks fitted ,what would happen if 4.1 gears were fitted
It would make it worse
Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 2:20 pm
by wayne74
ok cool thanks very much