35s on 3.21s - 4wd in Ice/Snow

plong11jku

New member

• Mar 5, 2015

• #1

I live in Austin, TX and of course the ice/snow decides to hit 4 days before my regear to my new 4.88s sitting here on my desk. Bummer! But my concern is if I need to use 4wd tomorrow to get to the office.

1. Will I run into any potential diff/axle issues if I need to drop my jk into 4hi?
2. Any recommendations/ advice to avoid part failures?

Thanks in advance for anyone's input for my peace of mind.

 

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Mjay

New member

• Mar 5, 2015

• #2

Shouldn't be a problem.

 

NFRs2000NYC

Caught the Bug

• Mar 5, 2015

• #3

Nope, it's perfect actually. Slow and low torque input will result in nice smooth off the line starts.

 

xrocknrollx

New member

• Mar 5, 2015

• #4

NFRs2000NYC said:

Nope, it's perfect actually. Slow and low torque input will result in nice smooth off the line starts.

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Couldn't say it any better... Less power means better traction and less spinning on ice and snow.

 

MedixJK

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• Mar 5, 2015

• #5

Im on 35s w 3.21s for the moment. As said above, it actually works perfectly for the snow.

 

plong11jku

New member

• Mar 6, 2015

• #6

Thanks guys for the input. The awesome part is, no ice or snow accumulations actually happened. But at least I know now, please I finally regear on Monday.

 

NFRs2000NYC

Caught the Bug

• Mar 6, 2015

• #7

plong11jku said:

Thanks guys for the input. The awesome part is, no ice or snow accumulations actually happened. But at least I know now, please I finally regear on Monday.

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Weatherpeople.....90% of the time, they're wrong everytime.