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To: "ROGER GLEASON" <rogerg@maverick.facil.uconn.edu>,
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Trucks:Rear End Ratios
From: "Jimmy Whitley" <doodle@flintemc.net>
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 18:35:29 -0500
If you are going to pull lthe cover there will be some numbers on them if
you divided on into the other you will get the ratio.
Jimmy

doodle@flintemc.net
http://members.flintemc.net/~doodle/index.html
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-----Original Message-----
From: ROGER GLEASON <rogerg@maverick.facil.uconn.edu>
To: oletrucks@autox.team.net <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Date: Tuesday, February 16, 1999 4:03 PM
Subject: RE: [oletrucks] Trucks:Rear End Ratios


>Ok, did as terry has stated below...Held the right wheel turn the
>left one revolution and the driveshaft yoke rotates one and a quarter
>revolutions...Held left... turn right... same results...What gives
>here?    I thought the ratio stood for turns in relation to 1 as in
>3.56:1, or 4.11 to 1 as examples... in this case it would be 1.25 to
>1 or 1.25:1 yes/no?   How so? this rear came from a '78 el'Camino SS.
>This does not sound right to me. I'm going to pull the cover anyway to
>replace the backing plates so I will check the number of teeth on the
>Ring & pinion.  It is not a posi or limited slip... What gives
>Rogerg
>51-3100 AD Stocker
>
>
>
>> From:          Terry Stellman <stellman@noex.com>
>> To:            "'ROGER GLEASON'" <rogerg@maverick.facil.uconn.edu>,
>>                "Truck List (E-mail)" <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
>> Subject:       RE: [oletrucks] Trucks:Rear End Ratios
>> Date:          Tue, 16 Feb 1999 12:15:48 -0600
>> Reply-to:      Terry Stellman <stellman@noex.com>
>
>> Unless it's a positraction rearend, just jack up one side so that one
wheel remains in contact with the ground.  Then slowly turn WHEEL one
revolution while you count the number of revolutions the dr>
>>
>>
>> Terry Stellman
>> 1949 3600
>> Missouri City, Texas
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: ROGER GLEASON [SMTP:rogerg@maverick.facil.uconn.edu]
>
>> Subject: [oletrucks] Trucks:Rear End Ratios
>>
>> I saw a thread a while back about how to determine rear gear ratios
>> without having to pull off the cover...Is there a way.?  I looked
>> thru the archives but could not find the article...When I spin the
>> pinion one complete 360* revolution the axle turns 4/5ths of one
>> revolution.
>> If I pull the cover i could count the teeth on both the ring and the
>> pinion then what?
>> If I divide the ring by the pinion i am gonna get 1.08? something...
>> if I divide the pinion by the ring i will get .08? something.
>> DUH !  I can't believe I forgot how to do this...
>> I can't believe I can spin the pinion one turn and get 4/5 of a turn
>> from the axle shaft.
>> Rogerg
>> 51-3100 AD Stocker
>
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