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Old Sep 4, 2009 | 11:24 PM
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how do you tell what the gear ratio is without pulling the diff cover.
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Old Sep 4, 2009 | 11:34 PM
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if there is not a tag on one of the diff covers you can jack uo the rear tires and rotate the rear tire on revolution and count how many times your drive shaft rotates,if your driveshaft rotates 3.5 times for 1 revolution of tire it would be 3.55.
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