[mcwilly]

Gonna be looking at getting brand new pinion and ring gears soon. Just wondering which ratios to get. Was thinkin either 5.38 or 4.57. I have 6.5:1 transfer gears and 35 silverstones and is driven on the street

[ajsr]

Is this a question or a statement?
there are gearing calculators on various sites seach around a bit.
personally I think 5.3's and 6's in the transfer will be too low for a daily but thats why you need to work it out for your self, can you live with it.

[Fatzook]

mcwilly wrote:

Gonna be looking at getting brand new pinion and ring gears soon. Just wondering which ratios to get. Was thinkin either 5.38 or 4.57. I have 6.5:1 transfer gears and 35 silverstones and is driven on the street

And?

Where are you getting these R&P's from?

[mcwilly]

Not sure where I'll get them yet as lowrange seems cheap and Trail gear. Any links to the calculators

[mcwilly]

Oh and it's a question????

[Fatzook]

Check on availability first. These things can be hard to get hold of somethimes....

[mcwilly]

Yea I noticed the 4.57s were out of stock

[303zuke]

Check on US E-bay for "Samurai Gears", there are heaps of listings of both ratios all the time from a variety of sellers.

But why go those particular ratios? You could find a set of Vit 5.125 or 4.625 gears here for a fraction of the price..

[Jccck]

Shipped to Newcastle, Low Range Offroad wants like $600AUD for 2x 5.38:1 R&P gears
Best value ANYWHERE
Ebay is ~$700-750AUD
And Locktup is around $900AUD

[shep]

is there any thing for 1.3 diffs around 4.1 to 4.5 ratio?

[Jccck]

shep wrote:

is there any thing for 1.3 diffs around 4.1 to 4.5 ratio?

4.6something, next lowest is 3.9
So no luck Shep
Atleast not to my knowledge

[Fatzook]

shep wrote:

is there any thing for 1.3 diffs around 4.1 to 4.5 ratio?

4.1 from a maruti WT.

4.3 from vitara (GV?)
4.6 from vitara

[BlueSuzy]

There is a list somewhere on here, all 1.3 size diff ratios. Tried searching for 10minutes..cant find it. I know i made some of it..

[shep]

how hard are the 4.3 R&P to find.

[want33s]

shep wrote:

how hard are the 4.3 R&P to find.

Easy mate.... Directly under the engine between the front wheels............................


In the right car of course....

[CairnsZook]

The 4.3's you want Shep are Vit front R&P's.

http://www.auszookers.com/index.php?nam ... light=diff

I've been looking for some for about 2 years now...

[Fatzook]

In order or rareness ( is that a word?? )

4.3 vit
4.1 maruti
4.6 vit
5.12 vit.

What makes life hard with the vit R&P's is you need the front gears from 2 vitaras, not just one.

[mcwilly]

I was looking at brand new ones because I don't wanna have them break again soon

[weaves]

New or old, when your bound up on a rockface, they will let go.

[Jccck]

weaves wrote:

New or old, when your bound up on a rockface, they will let go.

Doubtful, stock CVs and Axle Splines will fail before R&P Gears do
That said, Spider Gears are generally weaker than R&P anyway, not to mention they cop alot more abuse on rock.. Unless you're locked up!

[weaves]

Jccck wrote:

weaves wrote:

New or old, when your bound up on a rockface, they will let go.

Doubtful, stock CVs and Axle Splines will fail before R&P Gears do
That said, Spider Gears are generally weaker than R&P anyway, not to mention they cop alot more abuse on rock.. Unless you're locked up!

I have never snapped a axle or a CV, but i've broken a few centres, one which was smashed ring and pinion teeth, i even watched a mate do one on his hilux a couple of months back, bit too much throttle, one wheel in the air, the wheel touched down and *bang*... seven teeth gone. CV's and axles still look like new. (thats was on 29's and standard everything).

[kirstyandgrace]

Fatzook wrote:

In order or rareness ( is that a word?? )

4.3 vit
4.1 maruti
4.6 vit
5.12 vit.

What makes life hard with the vit R&P's is you need the front gears from 2 vitaras, not just one.

Rarity

[31zook]

I know of some 4.1 maruti's floating around, my mate has them, but now has lux's diff's.... interested?

[shep]

31zook wrote:

I know of some 4.1 maruti's floating around, my mate has them, but now has lux's diff's.... interested?

fuggen oath pm sent

[CairnsZook]

Good score there Shep.

Anyone else got any that are lower than stock?

[BLU-125]

I have a customer (who is also a friend) with a 2009 Jimny. We have given it a little lift, and supplied some 15x6 black steelies with 235/75R15s.

It now needs ratios & traction control.

Any advice? He tells me that his high pinion front and low pinion rear contain 4.3:1 gears.

[shep]

CairnsZook wrote:

Good score there Shep.

Anyone else got any that are lower than stock?

my tyres are nearly worn out and i want bigger for the next ones, now i wont have any excuse not to go 33's.

[Gwagensteve]

BLU-125 wrote:

I have a customer (who is also a friend) with a 2009 Jimny. We have given it a little lift, and supplied some 15x6 black steelies with 235/75R15s.

It now needs ratios & traction control.

Any advice? He tells me that his high pinion front and low pinion rear contain 4.3:1 gears.

It's very unlikely it has 4.3 gears. Whilst the brochure said that 4.3's were possible on automatic Jimny's, apparently nobody has every seen any, so they're generally all 4.1.

Whilst the rear of a jimny is the same as sierra, so can run any ratio a 1.3 sierra can, the front of jimny is unique to the jimny.

There are some ways to run a sierra diff, but it's pretty much a fabrication project and requires steering modifications etc. (because there's no high pinion sierra diff)

I'd be looking at leaving the diffs alone and fitting a gear driven sierra transfer case. It's a bit complex to do, and not all that cheap if you sort the speedo drive and have to buy parts, but it will fix both high and low range nicely.

With 235 tyres, even stock gearing would be fine, or some 4:1 transfer gears would be sweet with lockers in the diffs.

Others may have a different take on the solution.

Steve.

[BLU-125]

Thanks for the advice. Now the search starts.

[royce]

Jccck wrote:

weaves wrote:

New or old, when your bound up on a rockface, they will let go.

Doubtful, stock CVs and Axle Splines will fail before R&P Gears do
That said, Spider Gears are generally weaker than R&P anyway, not to mention they cop alot more abuse on rock.. Unless you're locked up!

opinion does not equal advice, the 4.3 gears are pretty easy for a v6 to smash in a GV