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eaton gears, rehashed
howdy all, I recently stumbled upon an interesting bit of information. According to an individual on pirate4x4, the 1963 chevrolet light truck TSM states that there is a 5.83 gear ratio available for the Eaton H072 axle. Can anyone confirm or deny this?
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its all about the +6 inches
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I have no documentation, but I wouldn't be suprised.
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ihave been told there were 6.14 also pull the house gears
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Holy cow! I thought 5.13 (or something thereabouts) was the lowest you could get! I could not imagine driving something with gears that low. My 4.56 gears already feel pretty dang low as it is.
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Why the he!! would anyone want that low of a gear, I always thought 4:11's or even 4:57's were low enough.
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If I could find a set of 5.83's, I would be all over them like s**t on toilet paper.
But I will probably just stick with my 5.14's.
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I don't know if these fit in the HO72 units, but this page lists Eaton diffs in 6.14, 6.50... 7.17 and... 7.60 sizes!! HOLY CRAP!!
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Quote:
I do know that you can get as low as 7.17 gears for Dana 60 and 70 axles. pretty crazy stuff.
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DAM!!!!!!! With 7.60's, 35" tires, and a tranny going 1:1, the engine would be turning about 5000RPM's at 70MPH.
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ttt
anyone?
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its all about the +6 inches
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Remember the real deep gears were normally paired with real tall tires. The 20 inch split rim tall by skinney deals, so that cur the revs down considerally.
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Yeah Longhorn Man you gotta point there. The tires are around 36 to 40 inches tall for the c/40 and up trucks.
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cough...cough...39.5 x 17 TSLs....
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