gear swap help? info?

MoparMagic'00 · Nov 8, 2014

ok so im looking into swapping my 3.55s out of my 9.25 and dana 44 for something a little deeper.. maybe 4.56s but i'm told there is a difference in carriers or thick/thin cuts??? can someone simplify this for me and explain what I'll need to get.. yes I know that I should swap to 60s but I want to keep the 5 lugs.. any info on that would be saweet!!

Merc225hp · Nov 9, 2014

Most gear carriers have whats called a "break point" to them.

Dana 44 you can get thick cut gears or you get a new carrier that supports the new ratio and regular cut gears.

Rear corporate 9.25 gear carrier has no break point so just regular gears.

MoparMagic'00 · Nov 9, 2014

merc what is your recommendation for the 44?
and thanks for the quick reply

Merc225hp · Nov 9, 2014

This comes down to budget and how you use your truck. Cheap would be to just get thick gears, if you want to say add a lsd in the front well there is no time better but his will add $500+ to the job.

One other opt is to get reg gears and a new empty open carrier for that ratio and put all your carrier parts in it. Empty carrier would be $150 or less.

When I had the 44 & the 9.25 they had Detroit lockers in them, I liked that set up but most would not. I want to tell you not to spend a penny on building those diff's but you want to stay with them so.

MoparMagic'00 · Nov 9, 2014

its really about parts being easily available its mostly a pavement rig with very occasional offroad.. has lsd in rear (factory) but i want to run 35s.. i know that i dont want that with stock gears so planning for future build. hopefully with a 5 speed too

just trying to do some homework

MoparMagic'00 · Nov 9, 2014

any way to keep 5 lug with dana 60s? without adapters?

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