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if i went to dodge and asked what would they say ?

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Old 03-03-2011, 11:57 AM
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I would never have a dealership do gear work. I took mine to a local 4x4 shop. They do gears all the time in Jeeps, Yotas, and trucks. He told me they do a set probably twice a week. Compare that to what a dealership probably does, and I can guarantee the off-road shop has way more experience. Both of my gear swaps with them have been perfect - no issues.
 
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Just got a quote from a local 4x4 shop for about 1625 bucks with Yukon gears. Said he could do motive gears for about 80 bucks less. I already have the front carrier and rear diff I want
Btw, this shop has a good rep, even the employees own Dodges. That's a plus.

I'd guess a dealer would do it for twice as much...and probably screw it up.
 
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Could you take the carrier from an off-road edition and put it in with out modifying anything?
 
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Originally Posted by challenger383auto
Could you take the carrier from an off-road edition and put it in with out modifying anything?
Should be able to.....
 
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You could buy my 4:10's if you wanted too..... would save you a bunch of cash. Seeings how they are just sitting in boxes in my garage.
 

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Originally Posted by challenger383auto
Could you take the carrier from an off-road edition and put it in with out modifying anything?

Modifying? Well, no, but you would still need the pinion gear and proper setup to be done. Its not like a ford 9" or yota axle where they drop out and bolt in to a new axle.
 
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Is it like an 8 3/4 setup?
 
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Why not just do a thick gear 4.10 instead, then you don't need to change the carrier. That's what my 4.10's where.
 
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When I Had my 4.10 gear swap done I got the gears from a guy that had a offroad and swapped them for 4.56s I got the rear gears, the front gears, and the front carrier for $150. The guy I had install them did it for $120 a set and he used the carrier that was in my front end because the two were the same.
 
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Originally Posted by aim4squirrels
The factory 4.10 gearset for the 9.25 is over $600, just the parts. I would imagine the Dana 44 is similar.

Your truck is 2000-2001 correct? No adjustment to the speedo is necessary on the later models, there is no gear to read or swap, the speed sensor reads the tone ring from the out put shaft of the trans pre-gear and is not affected. Tires, not gears affect the speedo on the later model rams. On the earlier rams, both tires and gears can effect speedo readings.
I have an 01 Ram. When i lifted it and put on my 35's i had to go to the dealership and have the speedo corrected. Now that my truck is having 4.88's put in, are you saying i wont have to go back to the dealer to get it corrected again? That would be awesome!!! Now my only concern is, are all the tone rings the same? I am replacing my stock open carrier with a posi carrier from a 95 Ram 1500. Are you talking about the tone ring on the carrier? Or am i lost here?

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