3.31 gears at 40,000 lbs gross.
Just to give a bit of a feel for how different gear ratios would behave while towing I locked out 10 then 10th and 9th then added them back again while travelling on a straight stretch of road w...
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4x4ord wrote:ShinerBock wrote:
^^^ At the risk of starting another drawn-out debate. There is way more into why taller rear gears put more stress on the trans/driveline especially when towing than just engine hp/and torque. I will leave it that.
I guess if you’re having problems with failing driveline components and you want to speed things up to reduce you’re high maintenance costs you better do that. I don’t think I’ve even had as much as a u joint fail in the last 20 years on a pick up truck.
(Even though I know this was a passive-aggressive jab) I am not having any failures and have not had one u-joint replaced either in 140k miles, but the fact still remains that a taller rear gear ratio puts more stress on the transmission and driveline, especially when you tow in higher gears.
