what brand of gears are yal running? i dont want to buy a set and have the teeth get rounded off or crack.
for a daily driver 4.56gears behind a 4.0sohc auto should be alright for 33"s without putting me at 4grand doing 75 will it haha.

also, what traction aid works best and can handle abuse?

 

Yukon, heard great things about them. mine are holding up 5,000 miles and counting

 

Yukon are about the best....I am running Genuine Gears without any problems.....

4.56's are NOT a good choice of gear for a 33 in a daily driven truck.....you will be running extremely high rpm's...

 

I'm running Yukon gears as well.......no problems so far.

 

Defn go lower to 4.30s or even 4.10s

 

I have genuine gear 4.56's with 33's and a 4.0L I love it but I don't ever hit the highway. the truck rarely sees 60+mph. Because I don't get up there in RPM's the truck is capable of 16mpg with 33's, 4.56's, and a locker. i think that some good mileage considering the setup.

Oh yeah it tears up the trail hella good.

 

Sometimes I am even running the 4.56's with my old set of 29" stockers. That is fun as long as it is not raining

 

I've a set of Yukon's sitting in their boxes out in the shop. I've had yukons on my cherokees and they are great. I believe the advantage to the yukons, is the way the teeth are machined....they have more contact area between the ring and pinion.

 

Interesting. Do you have a link? I would like to see some of these gears.

 

nick....is that sarcasm....cus i don't know crap about gears. I posted "heresay". I don't know.

 

im running 4.88s on 35s, DD
in fact i wish i did 5.13s
its only bad if you cruise 75-80
i do >3000 at 70, the tac is pretty inaccurate so im not really sure what im doing

 

< Gullible.

 

i wish i had got another 29" spare b4 i came up, i wanted to roast the rubber right off with the 4.88s haha

 

ha well looks like yukon gears is top choice out of yal.
is there a 4.30 gear choice for the 8.8?
whats a good site to order the gears from?
and is a programmer the only way to correct the speedo? and odometer?


what is a cheap but effective/reliable traction device that will work well on and off road, wet or dry conditoins? i dont want to dump a ton of cash into the rear end b/c i will be getting a 9" rear in a year or 2.

 

then get a 9" now then haha.

you have a ton of questions, i thought you knew all of this haha
going to 33's wont throw it off that much will it?

do 4.56 imo haha

 

ha i know bagged trucks, custom paint, suspension and tuning carburetors haha... start fizzarkin with gears/transmissions and im lost ha

the 9" i want cost the same as the suspension/gearing the 8.8 and tires haha ill work with what i got now

 

4.56, welded? haha

 

hahaha ya... i will have to pass on that one ahha. we did that on my friends SCOUT and gernaded that 10bolt hahah

 

bc it was a 10 bolt haha


im gonna spool my 9"
i just said weld the 8.8 because you cant spool it

 

should all my seals and bearings be ok still? 18k miles on the truck.

are the 8.8s different in the ranger/explorer/mustang? or would any gear for an 8.8 work? someone said they are different sizes thats why i ask.

 

Any 8.8 gears will work. However if you decide to change the carrier out, then they are different between the mustang/ranger and the explorer.

BTW I would have them replace all the bearings and whatnot. Buy a master install kit and it should have everything you need.

 

what gears do you have now, 3.73 or 4.10?

correct me if im wrong, but if you have 3.73 you need a new carrier for anything 4.10 and up..

thats what all the shops told me

 

No. The 8.8 does not have a carrier break......

 

oh, well all 3 places i called about getting gears installed all asked me if i had 3.73 or 4.10