Topic: Front axle for 5.36 gears?

[Papahoot]

Just a side note to your original post. I believe 4:88 is the lowest gear offered for the Ford 8.8.

[oldjeep]

Just a side note to your original post. I believe 4:88 is the lowest gear offered for the Ford 8.8.

Nope.  5.13 is the lowest ratio for an 8.8

[kenny kustom]

Even a hpd60 will only go to 5.38's. Any lower and you have to do low pinion.

[Bob416]

for $50 i got a ford explorer 8.8 with disc brakes the other day but it has no gears in it rite now so i was looking to see how much they would cost and i came across a few things that really confused me. on the yukon site i found 5.36 gears for not just the 8.8 and the D44 (rubi-44 was only 5.13) but also for a D30 and D35. is this a misprint or will those gears be extra thin or something?

[jagular7]

for $50 i got a ford explorer 8.8 with disc brakes the other day but it has no gears in it rite now so i was looking to see how much they would cost and i came across a few things that really confused me. on the yukon site i found 5.36 gears for not just the 8.8 and the D44 (rubi-44 was only 5.13) but also for a D30 and D35. is this a misprint or will those gears be extra thin or something?

You will have to dig a little further on the D30 ratios. The D30 was available since the 60s so its been around for a long time. Back then, the CJ had the 4cyl in it and the ratio was 5.38. For a TJ, the D30 is not the same as those earlier models. TJs have a crush sleave bearing setup in place of the shim bearing setup of the earlier versions. The CJ models of the 50s had the similar setup but with a D27 front axle. It was also geared as low as 5.38. But the engine was only a very low hp 4cyl.

[Bounty Hunter]

There's really no point in doing that.   A dana 30 with alloy shafts is pretty close to being as strong as a Dana 44 in all the important ways. 

Except housing strength.  Then the D44 adds greater aftermarket support and better prices for diffs, gearing, highsteer, etc.

I run 5.38, had to go to a Waggy D44 front and Isuzu D44 rear.  Good thing is 4whl discs and matching 6-lug all the way around. 

I run 35" radials on the street and 36" TSL's offroad, this thing is more driveable than when stock.  Cruises along nicely in 5th, can even accelerate up moderate grades in 5th.  Passing, no problem.

I don't think you'll be happy rowing the gears with a heavy truck tranny, I'd regear the axles low to compensate for the tires and your jeep will be a lot more driveable.