Gears for my 44

[jeepin916]

mechanical or stock electric fuel pump

what is the difference from a reverse cut and a regular cut gear for my dana 44? lookin for some cheap 4.56 to put in my axle and i dont know what to get. the D44 i have is off an 89 waggie didnt take them off the waggie yet, its still on the truck in my neighbors drive way, but there waiting to be taken out...

 

[jeepin916]

also whats the highest gear i can go with out changing out the carrier?

 

[west747]

to determin whether you have reverse or regular cut gears look at the position of the pioion in relationship to the ring. if it is on top it is rverse rotation, bottom it is straight cut. my guess would be that your waggy is a reverse cut high pioion. as for the highest possiable gear rotio you would have to check to see what gears are in there now.if it is something like 3.73 or above you have the larger of the two carriers. I think that is how it works but i am not 100% sure. carriers are pretty cheap anyway, so in a worst possiable senario you can still stuff your axles with..hmmm.. let say 5.13 or somethin!

 

[jeepin916]

ok so if the pinion is above senter line of the ring its reverse cut and below is regular cut..... if its abouve the centerline of the ring isnt that also called a high pinion set up? thats what i am used to calling it but im not 100%

 

[Joopin]

The reverse cut gears are in the stock Dana 30s... they call them reverse cut beause the ring and pinion gears are "facing the other way" causeing the ring gear to 'hook' into the pinion rather than 'lay into it'... did that make any sense?

I just recently got new carriers and gears from Randy's Ring and Pinion... they told me the carrier break is the change of the first #. So if you had 3.07 gears you could use the same carrier up to 3.99 (hypothetically). So anything above 4.-- you would need a new carrier.

 

[west747]

spring removal

yup thats how i understand it to be..sorry for the unclear explation! also if you are going to regear buy the gears only once. meaning i would get the lowest gears possiable! that what i am doing for my 44 and 9inch! 5.13's

 

[jeepin916]

transmission sensor

well i want to get 4.88 but i do alot of highway driving and i only have 33" tires on it for now. i will go bigger with the tires but i dont think my 4 cyl and the automatic is up to pushing all that extra weight and dont think its got the power to do it

 

[Bounty__Hunter]

You'll want 4.88 gears if you're running 33" tires under a 4banger, regardless of how much you're on the highway.

5.38 is pretty low and a common ratio, don't know if there is a 5.13:1.

The carrier break you gents speak of is different for different axles. The D44 may break carrier sizes at a different point than the D30 and D35. I know the D35 and D30 carrier breaks are at a different point.

For example, say you have 3.55 gears in your stock D30 and D35. You can install 4.10 or lower in one of the axles without changing the carrier, but not the other, if that makes any sense.

Not all D30's are high pinion, most late models are low pinion. That's why a high-pinion D30 out of an early XJ is a good swap into a late XJ or TJ, to get the pinion and driveshaft up higher and reduce driveline angles.

 

[jeepin916]

cool thanks ill have to look into the gear break to see what ill need thanks all