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looking to buy some new gears for the bronco... i lookin at putting 38's or 40's on so im thinking that 5-series gears will work... any input?

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the will probably work . .not sure if ya wanna go that big . . . I'll tell ya later on this week . . my brothers 5.38's came in . . probably gonna get em in tomarrow . . . he's running 38's with a 302 . . . . I have 4.88's in my truck with 44's but then again I have 454 . .but who knows . . probably atleast 4.88's or 5.12's is what I would recommend . .

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Just remember the higher you go the smaller the pinion gets. Means more breakage. Even though i have 5.29 haha

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If you still plan on going bigger down the road, just get the 5.38's now. I'll be running 5.38's with 40" Ground Hawgs (actually measure out to about 38.8"). I plan on going up to 44's in a year or two though.

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Better buy a car trailer to go with those gears.

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5.38 gears, going 65mph in a 4-speed truck should turn about 3k rpms. That's not unstreetable, but I wouldn't daily drive it. 44's drop that down to about 2750rpms.

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well probably isn't bad if u have overdrive in the truck . .think the 5.38's gonna be good in my brothers truck cuz he has a eo4d with overdrive . . .my truck 4.88's 1:1 no overdrive turns like 1800- 2000 or so at 65 . . with 44's . .

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dude the e4od not the best of trannies but mine has still held up pretty well turining make that spinning 38's soon to be 39's after tomorrow i hope, i know woohoo an inch but hey every inch i can get helps for me

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well if ya got 38.5's . .then 39's is only half an inch . . . and in ground clearence it's only half that so quarter inch . . lol . . . btw u have ground hawgs on right now right? . . .any tread left? . . looking to get rid of em?

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yeah i know not much clearence, and yeah if i get these tires put on tomorrow hoping ive got a slow day at work, theyll be for sale tomorrow night or maybe we can work a deal for tires + some cash for the axle, ill be able to measure the tread for you tomorrow, all but one are still in great condition not sure how many miles have been put on them, the one is damn near bald you could have that one to if you want it lalthough itll need replacing soon thats really the whole reason i got the 39's other than to be able to say ive got 39's haha