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Sterling 10.25
- Thread starter ROBZ95Xj
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lpennock
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Chandler, AZ
I thought the lowest gear you could get for the sterling was 5.13. Other than that it is a pretty beefy axle.
bmfm64
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- covington wa
i've got one in my 02 superduty with 4:88 and arb locker.... 120k on it no problems. and i BEAT on my junk and pull a 10k to 12k pound trailer on a regular basis. your xj shouldn't be a problem with it. oh i forgot.... i've got 39.5 boggers on it as well with 7.3 diesel and several mods on motor/trans. you'll be just fine!:thumbup:
256offroad
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Huntsville Alabama
pm rredalty i believe he had a set under his mj with 39.5" pitbull rockers...
That would be one Awesome Axle Assembly! A TSM Rear Disk Brake Conversion would be an Upgrade you may be interested in.
http://www.tsmmfg.com/2670.htm
Or for Duallies: http://www.tsmmfg.com/2870.htm
I guess with 39" Pitbull Rockers you needn't worry much about dragging the Diff around.
BTW: What kind of Lift Modifications are you looking at to do this?
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For those who are in Disbelief:
High performance Ring & Pinion gear set for Ford 10.25" in a 5.38 ratio. Manufacturer exclusively uses 8620 steel in all their Ring & Pinion sets for high strength and long life. They use the latest designs and manufacturing technologies to provide a quiet running gear that is strong and easy to set up. All Ring & Pinion sets come standard with a one-year warranty. This gear set is designed for 1993 and newer trucks.
Long yoke required on 92 and older applications
Price: $199.00
http://completeoffroad.com/i-122991-5-38-ring-pinion-gears-ford-10-25.html
http://www.tsmmfg.com/2670.htm
Or for Duallies: http://www.tsmmfg.com/2870.htm
I guess with 39" Pitbull Rockers you needn't worry much about dragging the Diff around.
BTW: What kind of Lift Modifications are you looking at to do this?
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For those who are in Disbelief:
High performance Ring & Pinion gear set for Ford 10.25" in a 5.38 ratio. Manufacturer exclusively uses 8620 steel in all their Ring & Pinion sets for high strength and long life. They use the latest designs and manufacturing technologies to provide a quiet running gear that is strong and easy to set up. All Ring & Pinion sets come standard with a one-year warranty. This gear set is designed for 1993 and newer trucks.
Long yoke required on 92 and older applications
Price: $199.00
http://completeoffroad.com/i-122991-5-38-ring-pinion-gears-ford-10-25.html
lpennock
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Chandler, AZ
Cool. Lowest I had seen before was 5.13. I do have one in my F250 That has 220K on it. Replaced the open diff with a truetrac about 5K miles ago. At that mileage the carrier bearing and spider gears were about shot. The carrier bearing were worn enough that backlash had moved out to about .040 rather than the .010 it should have been. It is doing fine now. Seems like a well designed axle.
chpmnsws6
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Springfield IL
You pull 12k trailers with 39.5 boggers? Don't you need atleast a 6-8 inch lift to fit them? Isn't that slightly dangerous?
*edit*- I'll add that it is dangerous when you have the trailer sitting on only the two back wheels instead of on all 3 axles. We had to alter our triple axle to ride flat with our 1999 Cummins and it rides like a dream, even with over 24k pounds behind it.
Sorry, we've been in the trailer business for many years and have seen some very dangerous combination's roll through.
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gonna be using the ruffstuff disc brackets, and as far as lift goes it will be 6" with coil converion out back and 2" stretch, lots of triming, frt i will be keeping my clayton long arms as lowers and will be making a seperate upper link on the pass side for a 3link
