Topic: 3rd case or gears? Opinions wanted please

[boggerunner]

my 3rd case was the nonfused type like glen mentioned, I'm running dual ultimates in my crawler, and pulled out a t-case for my 4runner so i could have 2 wheeling rigs  since i gutted my 79 and built my 85 extracab

[BoG-ToY]

I SAY..... go with a 4.7 3rd case...... ITS worth it.....then you dont have to decide....
and DONT WORRY ABOUT TWINS..... as you would have the option of 2.28 2wd   4.7 2wd or 10.72 2wd....... dont need any lower then that in 2wd.... setup the rear cases interlock pins for twins...and if you HAVE to....you can FIND 2wd mega low....

[ZUK]

I'm sold on autos....but if I had a manual, I would love to have a triple case with factory 2.28 in all 3. The set-up is likely to be the quietest that way and the front/rear driveshafts may be very close in length....and certainly with some long spline slips, I bet the front DS could be moved to the rear in an emergency.

[boggerunner]

I'm sold on autos....but if I had a manual, I would love to have a triple case with factory 2.28 in all 3. The set-up is likely to be the quietest that way and the front/rear driveshafts may be very close in length....and certainly with some long spline slips, I bet the front DS could be moved to the rear in an emergency.

thats how my 79 was, both shafts were close enough that i could use the front on the rear in an emergence

[Gittinit [OP]]

ok i added a poll 

Thanks Glen. Can you " add" more options...I like options, thats why I voted 3cases. If thats not enough gears will follow, along with a twin stick.


  add is spelled with 2 Ds not one.

[crawlerdan]

i had triples with a 4.0 gear.
it was NOISY!!!

and my front d line was longer themn my rear

but man could it crawl (442-1)

i now have a 4.7 double and prefer it. i do have a twin stick

[Gittinit [OP]]

get a  case from a L43  it  doesnt have the "fuse"  part in the input  and  is  21 spline

I may have one more of them around here somewhere, or at my buddies, I'm gonna have a look.

Good thinking!

boggerunner, What was your wheel base in the 79?

[79coyotefrg]

Thanks Glen. Can you " add" more options...I like options, thats why I voted 3cases. If thats not enough gears will follow, along with a twin stick.


  add is spelled with 2 Ds not one.

  i spelled it with 2 D's

[Gittinit [OP]]

 Poll 
Question: Gittinit gearing options ad a 3rd case  4 (36.4%)
get 4.7's  for  2nd case  3 (27.3%)
4.7's and a twin stick  4 (36.4%)
3 cases  with twin stick  0 (0%)
3 cases with 4.7 in rear with twinstick  0 (0%)
 Lock Voting
 
Total Voters: 11
 
Um ok.    WOW 2000, posts and I'm still being anal. 

[79coyotefrg]

   looks  spelled right to me

[79coyotefrg]

Poll 
Question: Gittinit gearing options ad a 3rd case  4 (36.4%)
get 4.7's  for  2nd case  3 (27.3%)
4.7's and a twin stick  4 (36.4%)
3 cases  with twin stick  0 (0%)
3 cases with 4.7 in rear with twinstick  0 (0%)
 Lock Voting
 
Total Voters: 11
 
Um ok.    WOW 2000, posts and I'm still being anal. 

DUDE,  you should get these  http://www.arkansascrawlers.com/main/forum/showthread.php?t=4449

[79coyotefrg]

then again i wish i had the coin  i'd put them under the suburban

[Gittinit [OP]]

Um......................... NO! If I wanted big I'd go rockwells. Those are some oddball axles. 

[boggerunner]

I may have one more of them around here somewhere, or at my buddies, I'm gonna have a look.

Good thinking!

boggerunner, What was your wheel base in the 79?

 
it was 110", but i just got back from moab, and tristed my rear t-case output shaft clean off with just dual ultamints

[Gittinit [OP]]

dualultramints? is that a new breath mint flavor?



Seriously though thats 2 cases geared at 4.7 each right?

[boggerunner]

nope, just the rear case has 4.7's 

[bigarms23]

Why not just run dual cases with this gearing first case 4.7s and the second 5.7s when i was running 3 cases in my old 854runner all 3 cases had 4.7s