Running 35s but towing a Camper?? Need some Obi-wan advice
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From: Hendersonville, Tennessee
Originally Posted by EVO MFG
Gears!
5.13's if your not wheeling, 4.88's if your wheeling it.
5.13's if your not wheeling, 4.88's if your wheeling it.
JK Freak
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From: Bakersfield, CA
Originally Posted by Ryan0260
He's talking about the fact that the pinion gear is tiny on a D30, and wheeling puts a ton of stress on it. 5.13's have more teeth and are finer, and therefore won't be as durable as 4.88's
The 5.13 pinion is smaller and has fewer teeth. Which means less contact surface( fewer teeth engaged) with the ring gear.
In all actuality +90% of the members here don't wheel hard enough for that to come into play. Not everyone wants to climb a 3ft-4ft under cut ledge.
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From: New Mexico
Love your setup skibovr. Looks great!
My setup:
AEV 2.5" w/ 35" Maxxis Bighorn on 17x9.
Auto 5spd w/ 3.73 on 3.6L Pentastar but plan to re-gear to 4.56 to keep my Daily Driver in the sweet spot and because I haul a camper and hit the trails once in a while. Lost a little pep w/ 35s but livable for now. Towing 3500lbs up Wolf Creek Pass CO is a tad ruff.
My setup:
AEV 2.5" w/ 35" Maxxis Bighorn on 17x9.
Auto 5spd w/ 3.73 on 3.6L Pentastar but plan to re-gear to 4.56 to keep my Daily Driver in the sweet spot and because I haul a camper and hit the trails once in a while. Lost a little pep w/ 35s but livable for now. Towing 3500lbs up Wolf Creek Pass CO is a tad ruff.
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From: FULLERTON,CA
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Love your setup skibovr. Looks great!
My setup:
AEV 2.5" w/ 35" Maxxis Bighorn on 17x9.
Auto 5spd w/ 3.73 on 3.6L Pentastar but plan to re-gear to 4.56 to keep my Daily Driver in the sweet spot and because I haul a camper and hit the trails once in a while. Lost a little pep w/ 35s but livable for now. Towing 3500lbs up Wolf Creek Pass CO is a tad ruff.
My setup:
AEV 2.5" w/ 35" Maxxis Bighorn on 17x9.
Auto 5spd w/ 3.73 on 3.6L Pentastar but plan to re-gear to 4.56 to keep my Daily Driver in the sweet spot and because I haul a camper and hit the trails once in a while. Lost a little pep w/ 35s but livable for now. Towing 3500lbs up Wolf Creek Pass CO is a tad ruff.
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From: Hendersonville, Tennessee
Originally Posted by castor07jk
We use to say the same thing about 4.56s in D44 20yrs ago.
The 5.13 pinion is smaller and has fewer teeth. Which means less contact surface( fewer teeth engaged) with the ring gear.
In all actuality +90% of the members here don't wheel hard enough for that to come into play. Not everyone wants to climb a 3ft-4ft under cut ledge.
JK Freak
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From: Bakersfield, CA
Originally Posted by Ryan0260
The 5.13 ring gear has 2 more teeth than a 4.88 ring gear, therefore it has more teeth, which means less surface to contact the pinion gear. Less material to contact the pinion gear is what makes them weaker
4.88 39-8
5.13 41-8
JK Enthusiast
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From: Castle Rock, CO
Other way around....
5.13 if wheeling....4.88 if not....
And with the Pentastar and Expedition style Jeep (with trailer) on 35s:
4.88 if you're wheeling, 4.56 for more highway mpg and still a huge bump in torque over 3.73.
5.13 if wheeling....4.88 if not....
And with the Pentastar and Expedition style Jeep (with trailer) on 35s:
4.88 if you're wheeling, 4.56 for more highway mpg and still a huge bump in torque over 3.73.
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If he wants the jeep with the best performance on the road he needs to run 5.13's. If he's wheeling he should go with the 4.88's to get a little stronger R&P. This is my Opinion, I would never gear based on MPG, if I cared about that I would have bought a VW turbo diesel
