breaking in new gears.
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breaking in new gears.
Just put new set of 4.56 gears in the front axle of my xj. For the break in period I need to run it in 4wd right? But seeing how ny don't have much snow right now I heard running 4wd on bare roads isn't good for the transfer case. Any thoughts?
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You don't have to run it in 4x4 to break in the front axle, it turns when you are in 2wd, but I would find a gravel road somewhere so that you could drive it while it is locked in 4wd, for a few miles anyway.
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ideally you should run it for a 1/2 hour then let it completely cool down and do this for the first 500 miles. realistically you should drive it for a few miles find a P-lot make some wheel lock to wheel lock turns drive it home. at 500 miles change the diff lube and unless your getting noise call it good. when I set up gears on a customers car, I'll test drive it after and ship it.
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Ya I do have 4.56 gears inthe rear. Thats prolly not a dumb question. I know some dumb *** people.lol but I have heard of people using different gear ratios from front and back but not as extreme as stock 3.11 or whatever stock was to 4.56. But anyways I bought the truck in the fall and it had broken pinion teeth. When I took it apart all there was for shims was the oil baffle. wheni tried to get a pattern it was deep even with no shims. So got a thinner slinger and added .005 and its pretty darn good. So im thinking the guy before me couldnt get deep enough with the pinion and said F it. Which thats why im doing it now. But for a 98 xj with 8.5 long arm and brand new goodyear mtrs for 1200 bucks im not gonna complain. When I fix things I want to do it right. Thats why I ask for advice when I need it.
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