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5.13's Installed Today... with minor setback

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Old 03-28-2007, 08:06 AM
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Originally Posted by Piginajeep
Is there any way of us knowing what we have?
To the best of my knowledge, the change happend between late November and late January. Superior has confirmed this with DC but the exact date is not known at this time.
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Originally Posted by RedRockJK
Hmmm, Puddlz just got his Rubicon Unlimited on Feb 17th, which was 5 days after I got mine. Jeff got his on Jan 10th. I wonder if Mel ran into the same issue with Puddlz gear install, and what did he do to get around it if he did?
Yup, he did as he did with my gears. Superior came down and provided sleeves to accomodate the difference. I will try to post a pic of this later on this evening if I can.

For whatever it's worth, the change in bolts are only for the rear and not the front. This was done by DC because the 7/16" bolts were sheering under the heavy torque of their export only diesel engines JK's.
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Originally Posted by LT1-YJ
this is how many many many gears were done on TJ rubicons when retaining the stock carrier because it was the same difference. Never had any problems.
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BTW - yes, I did get new 5.13's (I know, I know - I said I was going to get 4.88's) installed over at Off Road Evolution and Mel and his crew did an excellent job of it. I took plenty of pics and will try to get an overview write-up of the process up on Project-JK once I get back from Moab.

Also, for those of you who haven't taken advantage of the great deal Off Road Evolution is Running, I can tell you that Mel's got a few more gears left and when their gone, their gone!!
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Originally Posted by wayoflife
BTW - yes, I did get new 5.13's (I know, I know - I said I was going to get 4.88's) installed over at Off Road Evolution and Mel and his crew did an excellent job of it. I took plenty of pics and will try to get an overview write-up of the process up on Project-JK once I get back from Moab.

Also, for those of you who haven't taken advantage of the great deal Off Road Evolution is Running, I can tell you that Mel's got a few more gears left and when their gone, their gone!!
Answered my I M to ya, hows the gears on the 6 speed,Automatic is awsume...
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Glad to hear it worked out man, now it sounds like we need to go back to spring creek so you can test it out.
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Originally Posted by wayoflife
BTW - yes, I did get new 5.13's (I know, I know - I said I was going to get 4.88's) installed over at Off Road Evolution and Mel and his crew did an excellent job of it. I took plenty of pics and will try to get an overview write-up of the process up on Project-JK once I get back from Moab.

Also, for those of you who haven't taken advantage of the great deal Off Road Evolution is Running, I can tell you that Mel's got a few more gears left and when their gone, their gone!!
http://www.offroadevolution.com/services.html

They need to open a shop within an 8 hour drive of me
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Originally Posted by TEV
Glad to hear it worked out man, now it sounds like we need to go back to spring creek so you can test it out.
I'm ready, but have to work the next two weekends, but after that I'm open
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Originally Posted by jeffmarion
I'm ready, but have to work the next two weekends, but after that I'm open
Hey that works for me, I should be rolling on 35s by then and maybe we'll both have our bumpers.
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Originally Posted by TEV
Hey that works for me, I should be rolling on 35s by then and maybe we'll both have our bumpers.
My LOD should be here tomorrow... woo hoo


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