I'm running a T-5 with 4.10 gears and 26" tires.
Anybody know what speedo gear I need or where I can get one?
Anybody know what speedo gear I need or where I can get one?
Speedo Gear
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87coupe50
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you can check out this site for a speedo gear calculator http://www.sccoa.com/faq/speedgr.html
It seems from your setup that you have an 8 tooth drive gear. A 23 tooth speedo gear would get you the closest, but the calculator says you need a 25 or 26 (which the don't make). You would need to change out your drive gear
Taken from the 5.0 Tech: Technical index: speedo gear part #'s and information
Manual Transmissions with 8 Tooth Drive Gear
1990-1995 T-5 OEM
1996-1998 T-45 OEM Except Cobra
Item Number
Description
Jeep Part #j3167393
4.10 Gear Ratio / White 23 Speedo Gear (Not 100% accurate. This combination will offer the best accuracy without changing the drive gear. Change drive gear to a 6 tooth for complete accuracy. See 6 tooth table.)
It seems from your setup that you have an 8 tooth drive gear. A 23 tooth speedo gear would get you the closest, but the calculator says you need a 25 or 26 (which the don't make). You would need to change out your drive gear
Taken from the 5.0 Tech: Technical index: speedo gear part #'s and information
Manual Transmissions with 8 Tooth Drive Gear
1990-1995 T-5 OEM
1996-1998 T-45 OEM Except Cobra
Item Number
Description
Jeep Part #j3167393
4.10 Gear Ratio / White 23 Speedo Gear (Not 100% accurate. This combination will offer the best accuracy without changing the drive gear. Change drive gear to a 6 tooth for complete accuracy. See 6 tooth table.)
Thanks for the help.
I'm pretty sure the guy that installed my gears put in a 23 tooth. He said I should be close, but my speedo reads about 15% high.
I'm pretty sure the guy that installed my gears put in a 23 tooth. He said I should be close, but my speedo reads about 15% high.
TRWXXA
Member
Yep. A 15% error is exactly what you'd expect with the 8-tooth drive gear, and the 23-tooth driven gear.
If you replace the 8-tooth drive gear with a 7-tooth gear (yellow), the 23-tooth driven gear will get your speedo reading about 3% slow, which is pretty good.
But as long as you'd be changing out the drive gear, you could look for the 6-tooth (black) drive gear. With the black gear you could use a 19-tooth (pink) driven gear. That would get your speedo almost dead on (according to the theoretical calculations), and the 19-tooth gear would not get chewed up like most 23-tooth gears do.
