Just noticed a leaking rear axle seal on my 8 1/4", 2.45:1 rear end. I've enjoyed looking at rear ends my whole life, but never gave them more than superficial guy type thoughts.
This axel leak got me wondering if this is the (winter) time to swap out the 2.45 gears and do the Jeep rear disk swap. I read an 8 1/4" write up on an early Cuda forum (http://www.earlycuda.org/techdocs/Jeep8.25Swap.pdf) that, "Units with a 2.45:1 gear ratio have a special differential case that will not accept any other gear ratio." Say it 'aint so!
And as long as I'm asking for advise, what rear end gears are people happy with when it's a /6, 4spd. Hopefully this little Dart is on its way to being a daily driver with mild performance mods at the most. Our maiden voyage down and up the west coast shoreline had me downshifting to 3rd every time I met a hill doing 60-65 mph or less. Steep incline starts are a bit of a drag too.
Thanks in advance for the info!
This axel leak got me wondering if this is the (winter) time to swap out the 2.45 gears and do the Jeep rear disk swap. I read an 8 1/4" write up on an early Cuda forum (http://www.earlycuda.org/techdocs/Jeep8.25Swap.pdf) that, "Units with a 2.45:1 gear ratio have a special differential case that will not accept any other gear ratio." Say it 'aint so!
And as long as I'm asking for advise, what rear end gears are people happy with when it's a /6, 4spd. Hopefully this little Dart is on its way to being a daily driver with mild performance mods at the most. Our maiden voyage down and up the west coast shoreline had me downshifting to 3rd every time I met a hill doing 60-65 mph or less. Steep incline starts are a bit of a drag too.
Thanks in advance for the info!