Re: tires verses gears
 

Wish I had one. Then the 33´s may be fine for you unless you are
having other problems with them.


j wrote:
> oops gat a ford 8.8 in the rear
> nrs wrote:
> > If you feel you do not need the 33's the 31's may be better for you.
> > All things being equal, smaller tires put less strain on the drivetrain
> > and it will be less likely to break. The Dana 35c in particular is a
> > weakness of the YJs.
> >
> >
> > j wrote:
> > > i have a 1995 wrangler with a 4 cylinder engine. it has 33 inch tires.
> > > would it be better to drop to 31 inch rather than switch to 4.88
> > > gears? i do no do much off roading just some trails

Re: tires verses gears
 

Wish I had one. Then the 33´s may be fine for you unless you are
having other problems with them.


j wrote:
> oops gat a ford 8.8 in the rear
> nrs wrote:
> > If you feel you do not need the 33's the 31's may be better for you.
> > All things being equal, smaller tires put less strain on the drivetrain
> > and it will be less likely to break. The Dana 35c in particular is a
> > weakness of the YJs.
> >
> >
> > j wrote:
> > > i have a 1995 wrangler with a 4 cylinder engine. it has 33 inch tires.
> > > would it be better to drop to 31 inch rather than switch to 4.88
> > > gears? i do no do much off roading just some trails

Re: tires verses gears
 

Wish I had one. Then the 33´s may be fine for you unless you are
having other problems with them.


j wrote:
> oops gat a ford 8.8 in the rear
> nrs wrote:
> > If you feel you do not need the 33's the 31's may be better for you.
> > All things being equal, smaller tires put less strain on the drivetrain
> > and it will be less likely to break. The Dana 35c in particular is a
> > weakness of the YJs.
> >
> >
> > j wrote:
> > > i have a 1995 wrangler with a 4 cylinder engine. it has 33 inch tires.
> > > would it be better to drop to 31 inch rather than switch to 4.88
> > > gears? i do no do much off roading just some trails

Re: tires verses gears
 

All things being equal, I'd go with the smaller tire if you don't really
need it. Of course, I just slapped on 35's and only need them to correct a
mistakenly low gearing. Now, I'm even more frustrated with unsat braking.
Drink
"j" <johnhuebner@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>i have a 1995 wrangler with a 4 cylinder engine. it has 33 inch tires.
> would it be better to drop to 31 inch rather than switch to 4.88
> gears? i do no do much off roading just some trails
>

Re: tires verses gears
 

All things being equal, I'd go with the smaller tire if you don't really
need it. Of course, I just slapped on 35's and only need them to correct a
mistakenly low gearing. Now, I'm even more frustrated with unsat braking.
Drink
"j" <johnhuebner@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1164122886.516133.285690@j44g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
>i have a 1995 wrangler with a 4 cylinder engine. it has 33 inch tires.
> would it be better to drop to 31 inch rather than switch to 4.88
> gears? i do no do much off roading just some trails
>

Re: tires verses gears
 

All things being equal, I'd go with the smaller tire if you don't really
need it. Of course, I just slapped on 35's and only need them to correct a
mistakenly low gearing. Now, I'm even more frustrated with unsat braking.
Drink
"j" <johnhuebner@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1164122886.516133.285690@j44g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
>i have a 1995 wrangler with a 4 cylinder engine. it has 33 inch tires.
> would it be better to drop to 31 inch rather than switch to 4.88
> gears? i do no do much off roading just some trails
>

Re: tires verses gears
 

James Drinkwater wrote:

> All things being equal, I'd go with the smaller tire if you don't really
> need it. Of course, I just slapped on 35's and only need them to correct a
> mistakenly low gearing. Now, I'm even more frustrated with unsat braking.

I would think that putting larger tires on and lowering the rear gearing
would put a tremendous amount of stress on the axles. I have stock 30"
tires and 3.73 gearing, and something tells me that the engineers
matched axle torque capacity accordingly. 35's are huge! I'd bet that
thing's a handful in heavy winds or when trying to brake it down.

Re: tires verses gears
 

James Drinkwater wrote:

> All things being equal, I'd go with the smaller tire if you don't really
> need it. Of course, I just slapped on 35's and only need them to correct a
> mistakenly low gearing. Now, I'm even more frustrated with unsat braking.

I would think that putting larger tires on and lowering the rear gearing
would put a tremendous amount of stress on the axles. I have stock 30"
tires and 3.73 gearing, and something tells me that the engineers
matched axle torque capacity accordingly. 35's are huge! I'd bet that
thing's a handful in heavy winds or when trying to brake it down.

Re: tires verses gears
 

James Drinkwater wrote:

> All things being equal, I'd go with the smaller tire if you don't really
> need it. Of course, I just slapped on 35's and only need them to correct a
> mistakenly low gearing. Now, I'm even more frustrated with unsat braking.

I would think that putting larger tires on and lowering the rear gearing
would put a tremendous amount of stress on the axles. I have stock 30"
tires and 3.73 gearing, and something tells me that the engineers
matched axle torque capacity accordingly. 35's are huge! I'd bet that
thing's a handful in heavy winds or when trying to brake it down.

Re: tires verses gears
 

35's with 456 gears are perfect in My rig :)

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"Outatime" <WhoKnows@here.com> wrote in message
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> James Drinkwater wrote:
>
>> All things being equal, I'd go with the smaller tire if you don't
>> really need it. Of course, I just slapped on 35's and only need them to
>> correct a mistakenly low gearing. Now, I'm even more frustrated with
>> unsat braking.
>
> I would think that putting larger tires on and lowering the rear gearing
> would put a tremendous amount of stress on the axles. I have stock 30"
> tires and 3.73 gearing, and something tells me that the engineers matched
> axle torque capacity accordingly. 35's are huge! I'd bet that thing's a
> handful in heavy winds or when trying to brake it down.