looking for comments from people who installed 4.56 gears
01-15-2009, 12:39 PM
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looking for comments from people who installed 4.56 gears
Hi, I would like to hear how people like their 4.56 gears. Specifically if they have an x model with a D30 like I have. How well did the install go and are they noisy?
It's a lot of money and if I end up with a noisy diff I won't be very happy.
It's a lot of money and if I end up with a noisy diff I won't be very happy.
01-15-2009, 09:31 PM
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I'm having 4.56's installed in my X 6-speed with 33's next week. I'll post back after getting some drive time. As far as noise is concerned, I would expect that to have more to do with the quality of the installation than anything else.
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01-16-2009, 06:31 AM
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well I can tell you that I had 5.13s for a short while with 34" tires and I found them to be too low IMO. 4.88 with 33" tires sounds too low to me as well.
01-16-2009, 06:41 AM
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Good to hear. I had a bad experience with a set of 513s which had noise on acceleration and deceleration. The installer had a tuff time with the front differential. My guess is that he did a crappy job. The gears were way too low for highway driving and my 34" tires IMO too
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01-16-2009, 07:35 AM
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True the only way quality gears should make more noise than stock is if they are straight cut (which only applies to transmissions like the old muscle car 4-speeds) or they are installed incorrectly (too close together)
01-16-2009, 08:11 AM
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I have 5:13's in my jeep and I don't have any noise from them, I havent had any problems so far with them and I really like the lower gearing. I have 35's and it seems I am pretty close to what my jeep was geared to stock.
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My friend just went with 4.56s and really hates them. He is running 33s and a manual trans I tried to tell him to go 4.88s but he didnt want to listen
. I have 5.13s with 35s and love them. I think he is going to take it back and have them put in 4.88s. He lives in Fallbrook so there is a lot of hills in that area. I guess if you live in more flat lands it might not be so bad
. I have 5.13s with 35s and love them. I think he is going to take it back and have them put in 4.88s. He lives in Fallbrook so there is a lot of hills in that area. I guess if you live in more flat lands it might not be so bad