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My 3.90's aren't that great.

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Isn't there a way to jack up one rear tire off the ground (tranny in nuetral), turn it one revolution and count the number of times the drive shaft turns? If it turns 3 times then you could guess you got 2.90's instead of the 3.90's. I am curious myself but this kind of makes sense to me. I could be wrong but isn't that what a ring gear does? 3.90's would require the 3.9 revolutions input to the diff in order to get one revolution out?

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Just a suggestion. To make sure you have the correct gear without taking the rear apart, jack up the rear end, put a tie wrap around the driveshaft and have it pointing down. Now have a buddy turn the rear wheels exactly one full turn and count the number of times the tie wrap goes around. It should go just short of 4 times if you have 3.90 gears. If it only goes 3 times you may have 3.08's or something. That would be the first place to look. Very easy to do.
 
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DC-GT said:
Isn't there a way to jack up one rear tire off the ground (tranny in nuetral), turn it one revolution and count the number of times the drive shaft turns? If it turns 3 times then you could guess you got 2.90's instead of the 3.90's. I am curious myself but this kind of makes sense to me. I could be wrong but isn't that what a ring gear does? 3.90's would require the 3.9 revolutions input to the diff in order to get one revolution out?

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Yup.

The problem is with the Speed Cal. Get the Speed Cal fixed and then worry about the gears later.
 

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Yeah I wouldnt go and be all drastic and jump to 4.30's lol. Its not the gear, its something else I hate to say.
I know I still forget I have 3.73's in and will loose it in 2nd, even had 3rd break loose on me shifting onto the hw the other week. Granted I was pissed cause someone cut me off but hey
 

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DBMSTNG said:
please remove that incredibly STUPID comment. Jews have got NOTHING to do with your problem.
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why don't you go down and buy a sense of humor. they come in handy sometimes.
 
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