Walter Joy
Junior Member
- Joined
- Oct 22, 2016
- Posts
- 24
- Reaction score
- 4
- Ram Year
- 1989
- Engine
- 5.9L (360) TBI V8
My first ever thread, so I hope it's a good one. I'm a teenager who has a fair bit of knowledge of mechanics and cars, and has been gifted with a 1989 Dodge W250 that has been in the family since 1992. I have just started working on the truck this past week with my family in order to get it on the road for me to go to school and work. Today we decided to put some new RTV on the front differential because it seemed like it was leaking. When we took the cover off I found the tag, and discovered the front axle, a Spicer 44-8F 3500lb, has 3.54:1 gearing. Now I had remembered looking at the build sheet and seeing it was supposed to have 4.10:1 gears. So I checked the rear tag (Spicer 60HD 5800lb) and saw it had a 4.10 in it. Is there supposed to be that much of a difference between front and rear? The driveline is a 360 V8 (throttle body) with a 727 Torqueflite and an NPG241 transfer case. I have read other forums across the web but they only discuss axles that are .01 or so off, not .56. Thank you so much