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Old Jan 28, 2011 | 01:04 AM
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Had the truck up in the air the other day, and while i was there I got curious about my gearing. So marked drive shaft, and tire. I had one guy hold one tire, and made sure i was fully engaged between drive shaft and rotating tire. anyway 2 rotations of drive shaft gave me on rotation of tire. That seemed rather strange to me.

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the diffs have been re sealed and the tag on the rear is turned backwards when it was put back on
 

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Old Jan 28, 2011 | 06:01 AM
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you have to turn the tires at the same time. just unbolt the the tag and look it's not going to make the cover leak.
 
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Old Jan 28, 2011 | 10:13 AM
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whats your tires size and rpm's at 65?
 
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Old Jan 28, 2011 | 06:01 PM
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On a 01 it has a tag in the glovebox that tells you everything in the powertrain
 
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Old Jan 28, 2011 | 07:34 PM
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Auto or stick?
 
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Old Jan 28, 2011 | 10:01 PM
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could not make it out real well but heres what i got

m60/2 front

3.5 3.55 could not see which one

m70/26

Its an Auto

and I forgot to look at rpms in relation to speed on the way to work
 
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Old Jan 28, 2011 | 11:33 PM
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Sounds like you got 3.55 gears and 60 front axle and 70 rear axle. It should be turning about 1600 at 60 mph or somewhere close to that.
 
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Old Jan 29, 2011 | 01:55 AM
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my 98.5 has 3.55 gears as well, if you wanna know for sure, call the dealership up and give them the vin number and they will tell you exactly whatcha got!
 
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Old Jan 31, 2011 | 03:22 PM
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I have 4.10 in mine, 1900rpm@ 60 mph,265/75r16 tires,Need more overdrive!!
 
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Old Jan 31, 2011 | 03:40 PM
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I have yet to have my spedo recalibrated for my 37 inch tires, but I was doing 70 and rpms were around 1800 to 1900. But I'm thinking I was actually doing about 75.
 
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