The Stupid Axle Questions Thread

[6chevy9]

you can count gear without pulling apart axles! mark your yoke so you can see it from the pass side wheel. now mark your wheel without moving anything with the wheels off the ground. i like to mark the top on the sidewall. spin the wheel 3 times and count how many times your yoke spins and stop the wheel back at the top where you started. this isnt 100% accurate. but it will get you super close so you can pretty much figure out your ratio. for example a 373 gear. you spin the wheel 3 times and your yoke spins 3 and 3/4 turns....

 

[noremac]

i have a10 bolt with 3.42's... can someone show me exactly what i need to upgrade the gears to a posi 4.11 gear set if this isnt what i need?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Yuko...r_Truck_Parts_Accessories?hash=item5ad5877b62

 

[6chevy9]

that should be everything for the rear as long as its the right spline and all your info is right.

 

[noremac]

i know that i have the 3.42's in it, unless the axle has been changed out.. the RPO codes shows GU6 which is 3.42

 

[tattooed4life]

Ok here goes the stupid question for me. Ran into a guy running a dually dodge, claimed he'd getting 38 mpg. So I asked how. He said he's running a splitter on the axle to reduce the engine rpm's. I would assume he meant on the transfer case but I may be wrong. Anyone ever heard of something like this?

 

[Butch]

even if your motor ran barely over idle under load there is no way it could reach 38 mpg

 

[jcro61]

its got a vtec

 

[tattooed4life]

even if your motor ran barely over idle under load there is no way it could reach 38 mpg

That's what I was thinking. Guy was a dumbass know it all hillbilly. I was doing everything I could to get away from him at the gas station but it made me wonder so I had to ask.

 

[99z28monster]

I think the splitter is in his head. split that 38 in half and it MIGHT be possible going down hill and a strong tail wind.

 

[noremac]

yeah.. no way is that dually getting almost 40mpg's...