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Old 08-02-2015, 04:25 AM
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Good day you all. Im thinking about diff locking for my 1990 xtracab, i've been looking at grizzly and arb lock, what is recomented? And is 5:29 good for my 44" trxxus in snow and heavy gravel?
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according to my gps vs. odometer readings, 5.29 and true 37" tires duplicates the factory gearing, so extrapolate from there.
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Ok. If the speedometer is off by some km/h we just use a adjuster on the cable. Im just thinking if its stronge enough or will i break it the 5:29 diff ?

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Use a GPS for your speedo
Mine is dead on in my 81 with 35's, 5.29's
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my impression is that the gears get weaker as you go beyond 5.29, so that's a good place to gear it.

my speedo is off by ~4mph with the 37's, faster than i'm actually going(?) i think it was... i checked the odometer against a 1200 mile round trip to the rubicon, everything was very close, including the distance on google maps.
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