Regear Questions

StrizzyChris said:

Even between pro installers, there will be varriations in recommendations. Most will agree that you should not run high RPMs until you have at least 500 miles on the gears.

Some recommend Driving the vehicle at around 2k to 2500 rpms for 30 minutes and then park the vehicle for 30 minutes to cool the gears back down. Then drive for about an hour and repeat the 30 min off to cool. then drive for 500 miles and keep below 3k rpms. After the 500 or 1k miles, you will take off the diff cover, spray the gears down with brake cleaner (some oppose this, I do not), let it drain and dry for about 45 min and then inspect the gears for abnormal wear. If all is good at that point then re-fill and giver her hell Herman!

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StrizzyChris said:

Even between pro installers, there will be varriations in recommendations. Most will agree that you should not run high RPMs until you have at least 500 miles on the gears.

Some recommend Driving the vehicle at around 2k to 2500 rpms for 30 minutes and then park the vehicle for 30 minutes to cool the gears back down. Then drive for about an hour and repeat the 30 min off to cool. then drive for 500 miles and keep below 3k rpms. After the 500 or 1k miles, you will take off the diff cover, spray the gears down with brake cleaner (some oppose this, I do not), let it drain and dry for about 45 min and then inspect the gears for abnormal wear. If all is good at that point then re-fill and giver her hell Herman!

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NAUJK said:

So I have been looking around and cant find anything... Most questions are like what about mpg and rpm and stuff I dont care about.

I want to know what happens and what I should know after I get it done.I know there was a break in period and what not but how long and is there anything else I should know before I do it? Any help would be wonderful thanks everyone!

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NAUJK said:

Thanks Strizzy! That is exactly what I was looking for. If I do a regear i dont think ill be able to take my rig on the next club run on the 22nd of November. hmmmm

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silversurfer575 said:

I know your doing a PR44. Heres what they say:

http://dynatrac.com/pdfs/Axle-Assembly-Install-Break-in-V1.0.pdf

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NAUJK said:

So I have another question about regearing my rear axle....

So I have a limited slip rear diff when I regear up to 4.88 from 3.2 will I lose the limited slip? And do I have to buy a new carrier for them for the shop to install? Just trying to make sure I got everything I needed.

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RockyJk said:

With 3.21's You will need a new carrier for 4.88 don't know about the limited slip that's a good question lol

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RockyJk said:

With 3.21's You will need a new carrier for 4.88 don't know about the limited slip that's a good question lol

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NAUJK said:

Yeah so when I ordered the stuff from Northridge I asked if it was everything a shop needed to regear the rear to 4.88 and they said yeah soo im hoping they were right cus if not Ill have to take my axle to Phoenix to get regeared and thats quite the drive...

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NAUJK said:

According to Northridge. No I will not need a new carrier. So ill run the lsd for a while till I can recover from buying a prorock.

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NAUJK said:

According to Northridge. No I will not need a new carrier. So ill run the lsd for a while till I can recover from buying a prorock.

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Tigrcky said:

I'm not inclined to agree... I would be prepared to get another carrier. The ratio break has to do with the ring gear placement in relation to the pinon gear the lower the ratio the smaller the pinon gear the more offset the carrier needs to be... This applies to all types of carriers. I would call and double check.

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