I'm planning on running 33-35"s pretty soon, i have a total of about 8" rear and 9" front susp. lift, and i'll be doing a 2" body in a week or so.........
what gearing should i get for the 33"s? what would work good for 35"s?
This is my daily driver bu i don't drive it much anyways, and i already have the rear diff welded........
I don't have much extream wheeling up here so breaking isn't very high, but if i do break then i'll swap toys.........
i'm getting a t-case out of a 84 zuki soon and i'm thinkin i need lower for the 33"s-35"s
thanks guys.........
-Mike
ps. search didn't help much

Any highway driving at all? I'd say 4.88 or numerically higher unless you do a lot of highway.

4:57 for the sami axles will do you fine for mild 4x and street use
I run them with 33"s no prob:smokin:

Originally posted by mud-magnet
I'm planning on running 33-35"s pretty soon, i have a total of about 8" rear and 9" front susp. lift, and i'll be doing a 2" body in a week or so.........
what gearing should i get for the 33"s? what would work good for 35"s?
This is my daily driver bu i don't drive it much anyways, and i already have the rear diff welded........
I don't have much extream wheeling up here so breaking isn't very high, but if i do break then i'll swap toys.........
i'm getting a t-case out of a 84 zuki soon and i'm thinkin i need lower for the 33"s-35"s
thanks guys.........
-Mike
ps. search didn't help much

eek, magneto, how'd ya get 9" of lift?!:eek: your driveshafts are gonna haaaate you LOL:D
IMHO:just a 1984 'case by itself ("baby lobster") wouldn't really help with 33's and def not with 35's. they're marginal with 31's (better than stock post '84, but still so-so. i'm talking stock 3.73 diff gears here, too)
mix of later gears and '84 gears ("rock lobster") is 4.16:1 and works out just about perfect with 3.73's and 31" tires.(for non "extreme" crawling...)
going up to 33's or 35's i would say minimum of 4.16:1 transfer case + either the Sidekick diff gearing (4.56 ? i think) or the Auto transmission model's (4.62 i think?) i could have these figures fawked a bit...haha
you might as well go for 4.88's though, while you have the diff's apart..... you can always just shift up if you're feeling to busy in a lower gear, right?
:beer:

diff gearing (4.56 ? i think) or the Auto transmission model's (4.62 i think?) i could have these figures fawked a bit...haha

Yep you do 5:12 manual but I would not go the sidekick route my o2 and where can you get a 4:88 for a sami diff:question:

:rasta: !SPOO
one eye wuz looking up, and one eye wuz looking down:D
if you go to Randy's R&P "import" gearing selection, the list for gears available(excerpt) goes:

Toyota.......................................Suzuk i

4.30 x...........................................
4.56 x..........................................x
4.88 x...........................................
5.29 x...........................................
5.38 x..........................................x
with the Toys on the left and Samurais on far right (sounds like square dancing, no?)
my eyes kinda glaze over when i see lotsa numbers:flipoff2: sorry

I do some decent 'wheeling on some pretty tough trails with my set-up and it does just fine. I'm running 4.16:1 + 4.56's. It tackles everything I throw at it just fine, and I think the new suspension will help a lot (after two runs, it is performing much better). I honestly would like to be lower, though. But for anything it sounds like you are planning on, you should be more than fine. ~Steve

PS--- For that highway driving, I'm pushing about 3500 rpm at 55-60 mph. :eek:

I'm running 5.38 with a 4.16 case and 33 swampers crawel ratio is great for what i do but highway driving sucks , top speed is about 60 mph.

Originally posted by sloan_3_24_74
What if he just swapped in the 6:1 t-case? Where would that put him?

in debt. (:D sorry, couldn't resist...)

5.12s with a stock t case and 33s a 4.16 t case and 5.12s for 35s. i run this set up with 33s and it revs pretty good on the high way but great off road. i had a set of 35s and the gearing was just about perfect on the road. or a set of 4.57s and a 4.16 t case is great with 32/33s. or just a set of 5.38s and 35s. all of these will put you in the hunt.

Originally posted by UZI 9mm


eek, magneto, how'd ya get 9" of lift?!:eek: your driveshafts are gonna haaaate you LOL:D
:beer:

the 9" susp. is in front from a 6" SPOA, 2" missing links(custom), and the rear springs i'm guessing they give it 1" alone.......so thats 9"s in front, the rear is at 8"s of lift with a 6" SPOA, and a 2" shackle lift........ as for the drive shafts, the rear is great, the front........mmmmmmm........ lets just say i want(need) to win that high angel.........:flipoff2:

thanks guys, i think i'll get the 84 case(only 75$ can.) and look for a set of diff gears of some kind, it'll cost me a forturn to buy them from the states, and i can't get them anywhere here, so i'm thinking of going the sidekick route....... did anyone here make their own spacer for the kick gears????????:confused: ?????
-Mike

Yeah www.trailtough.com has whatcha need, and they even shipp to the great white north!!!.... I think...:D

ok thanks, if brent is on here, how about giving me a price on the shipping and the price of the kit!!!!!!! could you make the kit? or is it a complacted thing????
thanks
-Mike

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When I had my Zuk I ran 5.38's and a 4.16 t-case and either 33" BFG M/T's or 32" SX's. I would of preferred a little lower gearing on the trail. The only highway time my Zuk saw was on the trailer.

thanks, is the prices on breeze in can. dollars? is that the cheepest???? whay can't i make the spacer???? my rear end is welded so would i need the tube thing????
thanks
-Mike

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Unit 5 - 224 Cayer Street
Coquitlam, BC Canada V3K 5B1
Ph: (604) 540-7778 Fax: (604) 540-7700
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thanks scott, but i just got all the info from mudlite on what i'm going to do..........thanks again john.......
-Mike

So Mud-Magnet, are you going to need the tube sleeve or just the spacer?

None, i'll have to weld the pins in the carrier(my spiders are welded anyways.......and mudlite said he never had a spacer and had no problems.........and well i'd trust him with anything to do with samis.........so thats the way i'm going......
-Mike