5 ton gears

[gunit]

i got 6.44 gears with 16.00x20's, would like to gear it down more. whats available. when my speedo is at 55 im at about 70. to fast for 22k#... acceleration? if my speedo went to 550 mpg would i be doing 700 mph or more. bet that would leave a crease in your seat cushion

 

[paradeduty]

hey gunit -

not an expert, but as far as I know - the only swaps are for the diff gears out of a 5-ton Bridge Truck. I think at least the original series 5-tons (M54, etc.) had higher gears for the 14:00-20 NDCC's.

there might be some gears avail nowdays with all of the axles that were used for the monster trucks and stuff but that is out of my field.

good luck, Dave

 

[jwaller]

use the hemmt speedo adapter and it will read right.

 

[Westech]

well there are guys who are cutting new gear sets but at $1000 or more per axle its not worth it in my book.

 

[gunit]

a grand per set is to salty for me to. think ill just get the hemmt adapter and be happy

 

[Squirt-Truck]

What is the speed rating on those 16.00R-20's.......

 

[Westech]

56 mph

 

[SixSpeed]

I haven't decided if we are talking about speedo gears or axle gears. Seems like there is a little of both in this thread.

If we are talking about speedo gears, who makes the speedo in the 5-ton. Do they use gear drives?

 

[gunit]

axle gears

 

[paradeduty]

I thought I had heard of the Monster Truck Guys using the Bridge Truck Gears - have no idea what the ratio is, though.

 

[wehring]

low

10.25:1 gears were issued in a few 5 ton variants. Look around Fl. The mud boggers love these with the 66" tires.


Justin Wehring
979 997 3112

 

[adamsoffroadperformance]

There are alot of other ratios from the civilian world of truck that used the rockwell toploader that will work. I have 2 sets of axles with 5.81 ratio gears that will bolt right into the 5 ton so they are available.

 

[tonka tester]

i need some in a 8-9 to 1 range what kind of civilian trucks do i look for? old mixer trucks? crane trucks? or maybe i need some planets

 

[adamsoffroadperformance]

The older gradalls and crane trucks had ratios in the 9's I also have access to a set of 7.54's and another set of 9.34's. but I'm gonna have to get $600 per diff for those.

 

[tonka tester]

hmmm.... i will give you a call this week