Posted by lou on March 31, 1999 at 15:42:26:
In Reply to: which are the right gears? posted by Garrett on March 26, 1999 at 19:58:22:
I have a PW with 4.10s and 35's and it seems to be plenty low for moderate off road, you won't notice a very big difference, when I had 4.56s in it freeway driving wasn't as comfortable. I would upgrade to a Dana 60 for the rear. The 70 is kinda overkill and it reduces your ground clearance. I would definatly switch to 8 lug and get rid of the small 5x4 1/2 bolt pattern. I have broke many rims with the small bolt pattern. The part time front end bearing is also a weak link I have had several bearing failures with those. You can swap everything from the ball joint out to convert it to 8 lug. The only problem is that you have to use a 74 or earlier which is not disk brake or use chevy or Ford part time outers off a 3/4 ton truck.