Does anyone know what 4.56 ring gear fits a TJ wrangler with an Eaton limited slip differential? non rubicon dana 44 rear axle. I ordered one that is about 3/8 of an inch too thick and need the correct one to get back on the trails.
Correct ring gear?
- Thread starter OverlandOperator
- Start date
Your choice of ring gear is either standard cut or thick cut, depending on what side of the carrier break your carrier is.
Your existing ring gear being too thick suggests that you need a standard cut ring gear.
Your existing ring gear being too thick suggests that you need a standard cut ring gear.
Awesome. Groovy. Would you happen to know if I will need to pull the already installed pinion out or if the pinion is the same regardless of whether or not your ring gear is thick or standard?
Just to make sure, you are aware that you can’t just throw a new ring and pinion set in there, correct? A proper gear setup must be completed.
Not if you're on a train bound for nowhere ...
Rare exception to that rule.
Watch BFG Garage's YouTube videos for how to regear your Jeep.
-Mac
I have a guy doing the work. we just got everything installed and discovered the ring gear is too thick, so i ordered what i hope is the correct ring gear. all we should need to do at this point is have the bearing pressed onto the pinion, bolt the ring gear to the limited slip diff and put it all back in the housing, slide the axle shafts back in, put the drums back on, mount the tires, fill the front and rear diffs with fluid and go.
i hope. he owned his own shop for years and built his jeep from the ground up, so i trust he knows his shit. at this point, we're just stuck without the correct ring gear.
i hope. he owned his own shop for years and built his jeep from the ground up, so i trust he knows his shit. at this point, we're just stuck without the correct ring gear.
did you miss the part about pressing the bearing onto the pinion, guy?
@OverlandOperator Ring and pinions come as a matched set, so you can’t just “order” a standard ring gear and expect everything will work.
Just heard back from Motive Gear, there's no difference between the pinion in the thick gear set they sell and the standard gear set they sell. a 4.56 pinion for a Dana 44 is a 4.56 pinion for a Dana 44. So all we have to do is bolt the ring gear to the diff and put everything back together.
what did he miss? seriously. if you're just going to talk shit, do it in someone else's thread. i came here for advise.
I think several people who have responded here are genuinely concerned that you and perhaps your mechanic are not quite fully aware of the ins and outs of gear set-up. Its reasonably complicated and can fail quickly and occasionally spectacularly without proper attention to detail. If you are interested, have a look at this:
http://billavista.com/tech/Articles/Gear_Setup_Bible/index.html
Similar threads
