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Old 10-12-2009, 12:28 AM
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Question axle gears

Hey all. I'm a newbie here and i have a question. i am trying to find what axle gears i have without removing my covers and counting unless i have to. i can't find the sticker under my hood. i want to go bigger with the tires but not to big for the gears. i like the power i have and don't want to loose to much to tires. i am lifting it to match tires so don't want to waste money on the wrong stuff. thanks for the help.
 
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Welcome to the forums!

Most of our trucks (probably around 90% or more) have the 3.55 gears. That means 285/75R16 tires (just shy of 33s) are the largest you should go, otherwise it will cause excess wear various things, the main one being your transmission and O/D unit.

The 265/75R16 tires I have now are the largest I plan on doing (I have 3.55s) until I can swap in the 3.92s I have sitting in my closet.

A scant few trucks came with 3.92s from the factory (it was an option), the Off Road editions came with 4.10s.

Fill out this form:
http://www.dodge.com/wccsapp/univers...ull&category=U
And ask for a build sheet for your truck. Chrysler will reply with a complete build sheet of what your truck originally came with.
 
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I'm closing this thread because Jason gave you a great answer and because this question gets asked far too often and can easily be answered buy doing a search.
 



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