Hi there, I had a question about tire size and gear ratio (yes i did read the "read me first thread" on gearing) however I was having a lot of trouble with it and was hoping someone on here could answer my question:

I have a 94 Xtra cab pickup 4x4 22re, its got 33/12.5 tires on 15in rims with 4.88 gears in both diff's. it turns them fine at highway speeds. Its now time to get new tires,how much bigger of a tire can I run with my current 4.88 gearing?

please any info would be awesome thanks everyone.

 

its 32s and 33s you can run 4:88s while if you go bigger to like 35s everyone on here usually reccomends 5:29's although i think there are some guys on here with 35s and 4:88s, IMO i would stick with 33 1250s. hope that helps

 

33" tires are like the max tire size you can use with those gears. if you go any bigger with tire size you should get some 5.29's gears i think those are the next lowest gear ratio but there may be one in between.

 

Thanks for the info guys, im kinda new to this 4x4 stuff. Wheres a good place to buy some new gears?

 

Oh yeah, if anyone on here does have 35's on there 22re with 4.88 gears id love hear what you have to say about it. Thanks again guys!

 

ive seen people basically climb trees with TSL 34x9.50's and 4.88's

 

what would you say the best width tire is for this particular vehicle?

 

what kind of wheeling are you doing?

 

the width kindof depends on your driving manner offroad too around me where i live in vermont all the trails are snowmobile trails and there narrow so you need narrow tires. usally for mud u want a narrow tire to get down to the bottom and get traction same for snow, unless u want to just float on top of the snow and mud. for sand your gonna want wide tires so you dont sink in the sand. and for rock crawling it all depends on what you want really like i perfer narrow tires all the way around. and ive seen 35" tires on a 89 yota p-up 4x4 with stock gears. and it ran horrible they redlined it just going over small oppsticles.

 

I think youll be fine with 35s with 4.88s. Thats like running 32s with 4.10s and people do that all the time. Sure youll have a little power loss on the hills/highway. I say get the tire you want and try it for your self. If you dont like them, sell em and down size. And I wouldn't go any wider than 12.5.

 

hey RE-RE i like your front trim job on your bumper, thats the vermont way lol

 

auto or stick? im guessin auto unless you have regeared. if you are gonna go any bigger, you might have to go with 5:29's. 33's with auto and 4:88 is pushin it.

 

VARY GOOD POST ^^^^^^^^^^^^^


AT's start with different gears, so keeping them correct doesn't fall in the popular vote context... i.e 33's = 4:88's 35's = 5:29's

For AT's, I'd drop down one like clydehatchet says. Also 5:71's will live longer b/c of the WAY less shock AT's have on drive components...

And research 5:71's... They really aren't the debbel everyone makes them out to be. There are a few guys on here that run 5:71's, and they started breaking stuff at 38's Make friends with your idler arm though...

Also, what kind of bottom usually helps the most when picking the width of the tire YOU NEED.

Wide tires are for flotation. Best in soft bottom, boggs, deep-soft mud etc.

Skinnies (hard bottom) focus more of the vehicles weight to the contact patch and IMO cut down on the breakage some. They are usually way lighter and I'd say with less of a contact patch to bight on obstacles, breaking traction would come before breaking an axle...

Just a thought though...