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Old 02-11-2014, 01:44 AM   #1
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Re: Any one tell me about my truck ? Options ?

So It's pretty safe to say I have 4.11 gears
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Old 02-11-2014, 02:01 AM   #2
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Re: Any one tell me about my truck ? Options ?

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So It's pretty safe to say I have 4.11 gears
Copied from another thread on how to test for ratio:

Here's the procedure for both open and posi rearends.

Open differentials: Secure the car from rolling forwards or backwards and place the car in neutral. Raise ONE SIDE of the car off the ground (left in this example) and place jackstands under the car to safely support it. If you just did steps 1-3 as a test, note that this is different from step 2, requiring you to change your setup.

Place a mark on the tire at bottom-dead-center. Crawl under the car and place a mark on the driveshaft. You'll be counting how many times the driveshaft turns in this test, so place the mark at a convenient place that you can call "zero".

Have a friend turn the left wheel for 20 rotations. Have them count to themselves while you count driveshaft rotations. When they are completed, divide the number of driveshaft revolutions by 10. For instance, 30 turns is a 3.00 differential ratio. 37 and a third turns is a 3.73 ratio. If you know the factory-available ratios, this will put you close enough to quickly determine which ratio you have. If you don't know the factory options, then do a larger number of wheel rotations (say, 100) and divide by 50 for a little more accuracy on that last decimal place. You're done! You can put the car back on the ground now.

"Posi" differentials: Secure the car from rolling forwards or backwards and place the car in neutral. Raise the rear end of the car so both rear tires are off the ground. Place jackstands under the car to safely support it. If you just did steps 1-3 as a test, note that this is different from step 2 as you now need to be in neutral.

This procedure relies on the fact that your left and right wheels (thanks to the posi) will rotate the exact same number of turns as each other. Place a mark on the tire at bottom-dead-center. Crawl under the car and place a mark the driveshaft. You'll be counting how many times the driveshaft turns in this test, so place the mark at a convenient place that you can call "zero".

Have a friend turn the left wheel for 10 rotations. Have them count to themselves while you count driveshaft rotations. When they are completed, divide the number of driveshaft revolutions by 10. For instance, 30 turns is a 3.00 differential ratio. 37 and a third turns is a 3.73 ratio. If you know the factory-available ratios, this will put you close enough to quickly determine which ratio you have. If you don't know the factory options, then do a larger number of wheel rotations (say, 50) and divide by 50. You're done! You can put the car back on the ground now.

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Old 02-11-2014, 06:07 AM   #3
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Re: Any one tell me about my truck ? Options ?

. . . .

Your green seat would have looked like the one pictured below . . .

It would have had the scroll design in the middle, with this pattern of cloth where you "sit".

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