Offroad-Express

hey all,

i thought i would check my diff ratio's today as ive got a pair of 5.12 diff heads to bolt in, so i thought i had better check they werent already 5.12 great forward planning before i paid out for the new diffs i know

i jacked a wheel off the floor and marked up with chalk and got 2.5 prop shaft revolutions to 1 wheel revolution

WTF ive never heard of a 2.5 : 1 diff ratio in a 4x4, let alone a Zook

my truck is a jap import escudo 5 door auto with a g16a 16 valve motor 1992

anyone heard of, or had, these ratio diffs in an escudo/vitara before??

putting the 5.12's in will be great for rock-crawling but not much of a mile muncher i reckon.............

weemsy

How can I politely put it , Bugger . Looks like you have 5.12's already

With one wheel on the ground this locks one side of the diff , as the drive shaft turns , due to the side gears turning the other wheel turns twice as fast . So if you get 2.5 turns with one wheel free it will be 5 turns if both were free . I thinkyour only other options were 4.62's but possibly others .

Chris

aaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh

i thought i must have been doing something wrong but i asked someone else and they also said i was doing right.

what a tit i am

cheers buddy

weemsy

Re-check it Weemsy, as there is not a lot of difference between the 5.12 (2.56) and 4.69 (2.345).

I would be very surprised if an auto jap import had 5.12's unless someone has already owned it who was into 4WD'ing.

Weemsy wrote:aaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh

i thought i must have been doing something wrong but i asked someone else and they also said i was doing right.

what a tit i am

cheers buddy

weemsy

I asked you if the other side was spinning Hard to believe he's a top merc mechanic from the UK then again its not a deisel that could explain it

De-Ranged wrote:

Weemsy wrote:aaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh

i thought i must have been doing something wrong but i asked someone else and they also said i was doing right.

what a tit i am

cheers buddy

weemsy

I asked you if the other side was spinning Hard to believe he's a top merc mechanic from the UK then again its not a deisel that could explain it

its not the diesel in my blood stream thats got me all confused

it was that bloody strainer post that hit my head at about 70kmh and all the op's and drugs ive been taking since.

HONEST

So does that mean you have a couple of diffs for sale?

Maybe you would like to sell the ring and pinions gears to me and keep the carriers for spares?

I must check what I have first or I may end up doing what you may have done

Heath

Heath wrote:So does that mean you have a couple of diffs for sale?

Maybe you would like to sell the ring and pinions gears to me and keep the carriers for spares?

I must check what I have first or I may end up doing what you may have done

Heath

I have complete rear and front forsale if you are interested. These are 5.12's

il check mine properly and see whats in there, but i think they are 4.8's or whatever they are.

put some 7.00x15's on tonight and its slow

i HOPE they arent 5.12's anyway, if they are then its getting nitrous up its arse

madaz068 wrote:

Heath wrote:So does that mean you have a couple of diffs for sale?

Maybe you would like to sell the ring and pinions gears to me and keep the carriers for spares?

I must check what I have first or I may end up doing what you may have done

Heath

I have complete rear and front forsale if you are interested. These are 5.12's

I had better check what I have first before shooting out and buying something, but the weather here is crap so I wont be going out and laying under my vehicle today. Are they whole diffs etc or just the R and P?

Heath

Heath wrote:

madaz068 wrote:

Heath wrote:So does that mean you have a couple of diffs for sale?

Maybe you would like to sell the ring and pinions gears to me and keep the carriers for spares?

I must check what I have first or I may end up doing what you may have done

Heath

I have complete rear and front forsale if you are interested. These are 5.12's

I had better check what I have first before shooting out and buying something, but the weather here is crap so I wont be going out and laying under my vehicle today. Are they whole diffs etc or just the R and P?

Heath

Rear is complete and front has both casing and diff head but are apart at the moment