Hokie
Hokius Maximus
- Joined
- December 14, 2002
- Messages
- 5,476
- Reaction score
- 6
- City, State
- Denver, CO
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- '98 TJ Sport
Maybe I'm glutton for punishment...
When I bought the Mounty I swapped its axles with my old '99 Sport, regearing it to 4.10s. I built this truck figuring I would go to 285's (33's) and have since decided that I wasn't going that big. I ran it like this for about 8-9 months with 265/75R16 tires (32's) and decided that 4.10's were too low for 32's and the 4406'd V8 torque.
So this weekend we (me and ProjectAviator) swapped rear axles. We would've swapped both axles, but his vacuum disconnect front axle won't work with my V8 oil pan.
We were wrenching at a pretty good clip.. We had both trucks back on their feet in less than 3.5 hours.
Tonight I swapped the front axle by myself. I went ahead and replaced the front brake pads while I was at it.
I pulled the old axle, installed the new axle and did a brake job in ~2.5 hours
I drove to Denver on Saturday with the 3.73 rear axle and got 18 MPG. I haven't seen that in this truck in almost a year.
When I bought the Mounty I swapped its axles with my old '99 Sport, regearing it to 4.10s. I built this truck figuring I would go to 285's (33's) and have since decided that I wasn't going that big. I ran it like this for about 8-9 months with 265/75R16 tires (32's) and decided that 4.10's were too low for 32's and the 4406'd V8 torque.
So this weekend we (me and ProjectAviator) swapped rear axles. We would've swapped both axles, but his vacuum disconnect front axle won't work with my V8 oil pan.
We were wrenching at a pretty good clip.. We had both trucks back on their feet in less than 3.5 hours.
Tonight I swapped the front axle by myself. I went ahead and replaced the front brake pads while I was at it.
I pulled the old axle, installed the new axle and did a brake job in ~2.5 hours
I drove to Denver on Saturday with the 3.73 rear axle and got 18 MPG. I haven't seen that in this truck in almost a year.