Bought a new Jeep xj
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Bought a new Jeep xj
Bought a new Jeep over the weekend the guy had a 4.56 gears put in the front axle but didn't get around to putting them in the rear I the front drive shaft has been taken out. I was wondering if the 4.56 gears is to much for the Jeep it has an auto trans with 265 75 16 tires on it. He gave the gears to put in the rear and all new bearings and seals.
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Bought a new Jeep over the weekend the guy had a 4.56 gears put in the front axle but didn't get around to putting them in the rear I the front drive shaft has been taken out. I was wondering if the 4.56 gears is to much for the Jeep it has an auto trans with 265 75 16 tires on it. He gave the gears to put in the rear and all new bearings and seals.
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go to this link, on the left side of the page under "Your Vehicle" theres a link for "equipment listing" click that and put your vin in the vin box:
https://www.jeep.com/webselfservice/jeep/index.html?
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If I put the stock gears back in the front will that work? I'm just gonna run the tires that's on it or put a set 31x10.50x15 on it when I get a different set of wheels
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You can go ahead and put the 4.56 gears in and then get 285/75/16s which would be 33s when you buy new tires. 4.56 gears are perfect for 33s.
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If I run 33s I will have to put another lift under it and I don't wanna trim the fenders I'm kinda on tight budget. If put the 3.55s back in the front axle will them be ok to run 31x10.50x15?
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3.55 and 31 will still be under geared IMO. I ran that and constantly had to keep it in third on any hill as overdrive is practically useless. Also had issues with the tranny getting hot. Youre better off saving some dough and getting the rearend geared and trimming the fenders if you get 33's.
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3.55 and 31 will still be under geared IMO. I ran that and constantly had to keep it in third on any hill as overdrive is practically useless. Also had issues with the tranny getting hot. Youre better off saving some dough and getting the rearend geared and trimming the fenders if you get 33's.
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