defiant0116

I have a 86 Toyota Truck 4x4.....ready to get some tires and I have a question regarding gearing issue. Would I be safe to run 33x12.5x15 on stock gears for the meantime. Please advise....I do not want to invest money and later down the line I mess up my stock gears....

4Crawler

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Won't "mess up" the stock gears, but it'll be hard on the clutch and you'll likely lose the use of 5th gear on the highway.

Stifun

You will be fine I had my truck lifted with 33 inch tires for like two years before I had money for the 4.88 gears you will need to run those tires and have decent power.

rock slayer

my buddy has a '87 standard cab 22r and can roast 33 12.5 15 bfg mud terrains on dry pavement but as previously mentioned you will lose use of 5th gear as for clutch he went through the first one pretty fast (but he was really hard on it) then got a stage 1 centerforce and has ran that for a few years now just fine

buckweat84

i dont know about any 22r roasting any tires but i ran 33x12.50r15s on my truck for over a year and they ran fine dont plan on spinning them or nothing with stock gears

muddpigg

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I ran mine when first got it with 33" on 4:10s, Can be done. You'll be able to tell. Don't know about roasting them, can't say I ever tried.

Matt16

Its a pretty hateful experience driving under-geared. Under-geared with the 22RE and hills have to be done in really low gears and you can only do about half the speed of other cars. With the 3VZE the power is better, but you suck down gas like no tomorrow. Even 31s on stock 4.10s was a miserable experience.

I'd buy the new gears, then the tires.

BigBear

Stupid question sorry, but generally how much would it cost for new gearing? And what ratio would be recommended for 33's ?

Thanks alot

jjrgr21

look for someone parting a 2nd gen w/4.88's

elmerfudd_22

2nd gens have 4.88s? Would that be good for 35s? and is it different with a manual instead of auto

gary96360

are 4.56 gears good enough for 33`s

86toylet

You will be fine, just get a pumpin stereo to go with it!

TOYOTA 1

Ive done plenty of burnouts with 33's and 4:10's.

its not as bad as most people say, specially if you get small skinny 33's

kilgoja

i always ran 31x10.50 on my '88 4x4 truck...never had any problems on the 22re with those

AZ89LONGBED

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I'm going with 235-85-r16's with 4.88's. I also live at 7,000 feet & have a lot of hills around, so I will probably enjoy the extra pulling power. I will also be setup to run 255-85 r16's in the future without losing too much power...

KVRunner

I am running 33X10.5 with minimal power loss on what I believe to be 4.30 gears. Correct me if I am wrong.