: How can I tell the gear ratio?


SuzukiSamurailover
09-07-2008, 05:53 PM
Hey,
I have a pair of axles (Dana 30/35) out of a '96 Jeep. How Can I tell the gear ratio, without taking the the differential cover off?

SuzukiSamurailover
09-07-2008, 05:56 PM
I got the Tag off the rear axle, it looks like on the bottum of the left hand corner it says 4.11, would that make any since?

Bradman
09-07-2008, 06:03 PM
yes, as long as they havent been "upgraded", you have 4:11 gears

The Black Sheep
09-07-2008, 06:13 PM
Never go by the tag. Ive pulled axles where the tags were wrong before.

Why can't you pull the cover off? its like 10 bolts? The numbers you need are stamped on the side of the ring gear and garanteed to tell you what you need to know without the inaccurate guess work of hoping the tag is right or trying to count how many tire revolutions per DS revolutions.