The prior post from Roger Gleason, described basically the same procedure,but
said rotate the tire two revolutions. This wasn't my original question,but I
would like to know how to do it for future reference. Which iscorrect? Rotate
the tire one or two revolutions?Doug-----Original Message-----From:
owner-oletrucks@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-oletrucks@autox.team.net]On Behalf
Of Wayne OsborneSent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 10:51 AMTo: Antonio R.
Tijerino; Spinningroach@aol.com;
daveshier@hotmail.com;oletrucks@autox.team.netSubject: Re: [oletrucks] Rear end
ratioJack up both sides of the rear of the truck, place a tape or chalk mark
onthe 12 oclock position of the tire. Youll also note the the position of
thedrive shaft, place a reference mark, or visually note a location that youcan
count the revolutions of it. Turn the tire one full revolution andcount how may
times the drive shaft rotates. Although you quickly be ableto distinquish
between a 4:11 (one tire revolution eq!
ual 4.11 turns of theshaft) and say a 2:73. But be hard to tell between a more
closer ration.Best way is to remove the cover, count the pinion and ring gear
teeth anddivide the 2. There is generally a code stamped on it that can be run
toindicate the ratio---of couse that would be the original gear set..Good luck
--wayneAt 07:07 AM 11/4/03 -0700, Antonio R. Tijerino wrote:>A while back
someone suggested that in order to calculate the rear endratio>you raise the
truck on hack stands and then turn the wheel and count the>number of turns on
the driveline. How does this work, I have a friend that>is trying to do this
and I can't remember exactly how this done.>>Thanks,>>Antonio>oletrucks is
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