5.71 gears and 8 inch spool?
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5.71 gears and 8 inch spool?
I wanna get 5.71 gears for my 91 4wd pickup. I am running 37 inch baggers. I would like to put a spool in my back rear end. Is there a spool out there that will work with the 5.71 gearing?
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probably but 5.71 are rumored to be weak due to the pinion being incredibly small. i have heard that only 2 teeth engage on this gear set compared to 3 on the 5.29's. with a locker it might spell disaster for the gears. the spool should be a drop in with whatever gears unless you have the factory 4.88's than im not so sure
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I do know there weaker but I thought with 4 cylinder it wouldn't be to hard on them. I am mostly wondering if the ring will bolt on to the spool. That is the question I should of asked.
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That said I wouldn't run anything deeper than 5.29's for strength reasons, prefer 4.10's in a full time wheeler.
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i don't believe in the '5.71s are weak' bull****. i punished the living hell out of my 5.71s and they were just fine when I took them apart to extract the locker. let me reiterate, 5.71s with a detroit locker with 35x15.5r15 TSL SX's spinning the crap out of them on slippery rocks and mud. they held up fine. for the record, i had them installed behind both a 22re and a 3vz-e, beat them up on both, and never had a problem anywhere with it, ever. 5.71s are likely less forgiving to half-assed installs than a higher set, but saying they are weak is just spreading misinformation and garbage. mine were definitely not weak.
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i don't believe in the '5.71s are weak' bull****. i punished the living hell out of my 5.71s and they were just fine when I took them apart to extract the locker. let me reiterate, 5.71s with a detroit locker with 35x15.5r15 TSL SX's spinning the crap out of them on slippery rocks and mud. they held up fine. for the record, i had them installed behind both a 22re and a 3vz-e, beat them up on both, and never had a problem anywhere with it, ever. 5.71s are likely less forgiving to half-assed installs than a higher set, but saying they are weak is just spreading misinformation and garbage. mine were definitely not weak.
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I'd like to know also. they came in the 4runner when I bought it, and I figured it was probably garbage like the rest of the vehicle so I abused it... and nothing! it came from somewhere here called waimanalo which implies low expectations. so i was pleasantly surprised when the entire vehicle didnt fall apart when i drove it back home
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I bought a Spartan locker for my truck and the wife's XJ. I was thinking about a spool, but decided to test the Spartan instead because nobody around here had tried one. I love it for a lunchbox, and it's been pretty tough. Put one in a buddys truck with 35's, and no issues. He beats that truck like it owes him money
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spartans are well known up here in newengland! we love them "for a lunchbox set up" just make sure you use the hardened pin and they last a long long time.i will be putting one or two in my daughters truck when i gear it with 529s.already doing the dual case thing.
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I have an automatic transmission and i had 33 inch boggers on it before and 4.88 gearing and it still didn't have any power. Whats killing my power the most is my automatic transmission. I was hoping it would of broke on me by now but that darn transmission hasn't yet. So if i didn't have a automatic transmission I would be getting 5.29 gearing for it.
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i don't believe in the '5.71s are weak' bull****. i punished the living hell out of my 5.71s and they were just fine when I took them apart to extract the locker. let me reiterate, 5.71s with a detroit locker with 35x15.5r15 TSL SX's spinning the crap out of them on slippery rocks and mud. they held up fine. for the record, i had them installed behind both a 22re and a 3vz-e, beat them up on both, and never had a problem anywhere with it, ever. 5.71s are likely less forgiving to half-assed installs than a higher set, but saying they are weak is just spreading misinformation and garbage. mine were definitely not weak.
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