5th gear? I don't get it!

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Sep 20, 2020

#26

MRKing

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Originally Posted by RonD

In 1994 speedometer correction is easy, just change the DRIVEN gear on the speedo cable
Your drive gear(worm gear in transmission) is 7 tooth, just FYI
3.73 rear axle ratio
32" tires
= 16 tooth Driven gear to get correct speedo readings

Had no clue what you were talking about. Did a Google search and found a YouTube video for this exact thing, in my exact year truck! Perfect, now I get it! Thank you and you are right, it is easy!

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Car-part.com is a good place to look for used parts, like rear axles

I'll check it out for sure. Thanks again.

Sep 20, 2020

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I guess I forget its been 25 years since speedometer cables have been used, lol, so many don't have a reference for the drive/driven gears that were used prior to VSS sensors