How to Regear your jeep XJ/JK/JL/JT/ZJ/WJ

[@joecockey6942]

Thanks! Did my first gear change 3.07 to 4.10! Took my time; very happy with results. Many thanks for your great guidance, thoughts & videos!

[@charliemartin2157]

What tire size do you run and how does it feel on the road/hiway now? I have stock 3.07 still on 33s, was planning to go to 4.56 but not sure if that's overkill for a DD

[@jm-ve8ry]

This video is excellent, I’ve watched a bunch cause I’m getting ready to re gear a Dana 44 in my 66 F100. Your video gets right to the point. Information is well explained and will be a great help. Thanks.

[@danielloyd7694]

I did this once and swore never again... Well now I've got an lsd for my dana 30 and I'm rethinking it lol. Good video's, I wish they existed when I was doing this the first time.

[@cherokeeronnie]

It wears you out but in the end it’s worth it

[@xTwisteDx]

You made this look easy, but I really want to regear my JT xD. Got some 35's on it and I need that 4.10 lol.

[@cherokeeronnie]

It’s not bad at all just time consuming

[@codywalker6530]

Love the vids man!!!

[@jeremyhanna3852]

I hope you see this and answer 1991 xj dana 30 hp does it have a crush sleeve or not if cant find any real data some kits pictured have a crush sleeve some don't I betting there using stock photos I would like to know for sure so I can buy a eliminator Edit i called a few places and older xj/yj dana 30 hp uses shims no crush sleeve

[@jasonhurlbert5593]

Great video. Does heating the bearings damage them at all?

[@Marcus_Woodard]

Isn’t that pinion marked from the factory with the depth measurement? A straight edge and caliper seems like it would have been easier. Then you can get the pinion in and set. Then move on to the carrier.

[@ricardofernandez6542]

Hi Ronnie can you please 🙏 tell me what gears I should run on a 2000 XJ automatic & with 33” tires and I can tell you mainly on road use & I will never go any bigger on the tires thanks 🙏

[@johnsalvatore2594]

Use this equation: (New tire diameter / Old tire diameter) x Old gear ratio = new gear ratio. So, my Jeep currently has 33" tires on it. The OG tires were approximately 27", and the original gear ratio was 2.73. So, the equation set up is (33/27) x 2.73 = 3.34. Match that "new gear ratio number to the closest gear set ratio available (round up) and you'll bring your Jeep back to (close, at least) original specs. So, I could go with 3.31, but I ran a little higher and went with 3.73. Just my 2 cents, others might have different opinions.

[@dansharp8042]

I'm running 235/15 tires now and was wondering how low of gearing I can and still use my lunchbox locker????

[@nathanmccumber8965]

Do you have lift.

[@techi3075]

Where do you get the shims for behind the inner pinion bearing race? My kit only has pinion head shims.

[@nickg5275]

This seems hard. I’m not mechanically inclined, though I want to learn

[@backyardbrotherz2905]

Where do you get the new carrier? I have a JK 2012.

[@ninofajardo1288]

Thanks for the info. How come you didn’t include patterns in the vid?

[@cherokeeronnie]

I have a separate video on patterns and what’s right and how I run them. If you wanna see the pattern I got it’s on my Facebook

[@shanew.8784]

Needs more info on how to adjust for pinion depth etc.

[@cherokeeronnie]

Watch the whole play list I explain

[@ky0611]

I have a 99 cherokee aw4 trans with 4.10 gears running 33s. Do you think it's worth it to regear to 4.56?

[@cherokeeronnie]

Do you high way drive to you plan on going 35s?

[@ky0611]

@Cherokee Ronnie So it's not a daily driver, more of dad wagon/weekend warrior for trails. I don't do hardcore stuff like rock crawling but more intermediate trails. I do plan on adding lockers. I plan on a few long trips like to go up to moab but not difficult trails. I have 4.5 in lift with 33s and I know 35s would probably benefit me more, but with the new 33s I just got and the amount of time I actually drive it will probably take years before there worn down. I bought the jeep used and thought it had stock gearing, but when I inspected it, it ended up being 4.10s. So I didn't know if I should spend more money and regear again.

[@claytonwilson5646]

I wish the rear end was exactly the same on Cherokee that what you just take the shims out-of-the-box of slapping in the rear end

[@nathanmccumber8965]

​@@ky0611what size rims and tire do you run.

[@ky0611]

@@nathanmccumber8965 15x8 wheel on 33s by 12.5 tires

[@jle540]

Doesn't tightening pinion nut (with crush-sleeve) require an INSANE amount of torque -- nearly 300 ft-lbs? How did you accomplish this?

[@cherokeeronnie]

Started with a impact rest with a torque wrench

[@jle540]

@@cherokeeronnie video shows a LARGE needle-type torque wrench (100 ft-lb & more). Don't you need a SMALLER one, to check for 16-20 in-lb..for pinion pre-load?

[@cherokeeronnie]

It’s in inch pounds I use this one because I use it for other stuff but the one I recommend that works way better and for beginners is in the video on my channel. I been doing gears for awhile I know what the drag is supposed to feel like anyway

[@kyleradtke4190]

Would you be interested in doing another one? I live kinda close by,at the lake in maryland, my jeep is 5 speed 98 4.0 think its dana35

[@charliemartin2157]

​@@kyleradtke4190 the dana 35s are notoriously weak and probably not worth putting a lot of money/time into. You'd be better off just replacing the axle with a dana 44 or Chrysler 8.25 or a Ford 8.8 maybe. You could potentially find one that already has the right gearing/locker that you want anyway. But if you don't plan to offroad much or run bigger tires then the dana 35 is fine.

[@jle540]

Is that a 4 lb dead blow hammer?

[@cherokeeronnie]

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