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boatsrcool
09-04-2007, 12:41 PM
Hello anyone,
I have an 87 samurai and I put 31 inch tires on and now my gear ratio is terrible. Does anyone know of an inexpensive way to lower the gear ratio just a little? I am not going rock crawling just hunting.
Thanks,
Tom
tcucco@hotmail.com
jackrista
09-04-2007, 12:58 PM
due transfer case gears that would probbly be the best way in your case.
UKMyers
09-04-2007, 01:52 PM
Put smaller tires on that would be the easiest way... the more practical way would be to regear your diffs to a higher ratio. T-case gears will do the same thing but it's only lower in 4wd not out on the road.
boatsrcool
09-04-2007, 05:49 PM
What gear ratio would be best? I don't want to crawl just lower the ratio. Are there any other transfer cases say off of a sidekick that I could swap gears or transfer cases that would lower it?
RockOutlaw5150
09-04-2007, 07:56 PM
just buy the gears for the diffs. only way to do it. it probably has 3.73's, 4.10 's or 4.11's put 4.56's or maybe a little lower.
gpyota83
09-06-2007, 11:12 AM
I have 4.10's w/ 33'' tires it goes but could def. do better, im going to 4.88's here soon, pretty sure 4.10's would work great w/ 31'' tires.
boatsrcool
09-06-2007, 12:00 PM
Want to sell the 4.1?
jackrista
09-06-2007, 12:30 PM
when you do the sammy t-case gears it lowers the high range by 20% also, they are not like toy gears.
scuzzy51
09-06-2007, 01:37 PM
i put the 6.5 in my t-case and i'm running 30" tires!!! i can do about 70 in 5th gear.... and yes it actually has power in 5th gear!! low range is a little low but i'm only running 30's!! plus you have 5 gears to choose from in low range... if its to slow up shift!
GreyZuk
12-11-2007, 12:37 AM
LOL I never get tired of seeing toyota guys posting about samurai gearing needs... they are totally different animals. Do the 4:1 gears in your sami and you'll be fine for on road and easy to moderate trails. run 6.5:1 if you want to crawl really slow. just make sure you also get a mighty kong for your t-case
Tommbstone
12-11-2007, 03:41 PM
I see that rocky road now has 8:1 grears

http://www.rocky-road.com/zukdrive.html
GreyZuk
12-11-2007, 04:06 PM
they've had these for years. Good performance once you get the t-case mounting strong enough