Rawbrown said:
but first go double check your ratio. AFAIK TJ's never came with 3.73's. but rather 3.07's. yup 3.07's, auto or stick. at least in all the TJ's I have worked on.
but they didin't pay attention to the carrier breaks. and sold you an OX. you should have a right to a full refund because they didn't sell you what you asked for. even though its not available.
not positive on that ratio, thats what my friend who was doing most of the work said. I havent even gotten my hands dirty with this one, i came in and laughed at him for getting the wrong parts. Oh well he's going to 4.56's in a few weeks.
The really funny part about all this is how it got started.
1.) We go wheeling and he shreds some spider gears
2.) Orders a quick lock and has a buddy put it in
3.) Quick lock is installed wrong causing a mess
4.) He decides he wants a selectable rear, but is afraid of reliability of ARB
5.) Orders the new parts without doing his homework
6.) tonight when the parts came in, they tried to install it without getting new shims etc
7.) now he has over $1100 worth of rear end parts and a jeep that wont move
The current short term plan is to get some new spider gears and a new stock carrier to get it on the road. In a few weeks we will be putting in 4.56's and the OX in the rear. This time i am going to make sure he buys ALL the RIGHT parts that he needs before digging into it.