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Old Mar 20, 2014 | 07:32 PM
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GOt board today and was cleaning some stuff up and noticed my axel code was 27 and not h9 what I thought after some searching I fount out it too be a 3:31 but the weirdest part is I counte my driveshaft to tire revolutions and it's a 3:55
I changed the fluid and could not find any tags any ideas how to figure out exactly what axel I have? I'm more along the lines to confirming its a 3:55ls but not sure if it's conventional
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Old Mar 20, 2014 | 07:37 PM
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OH. Thought you were going to ask about spelling. It's axle, not Axel.

Since you recently changed your fluid, no point in opening it up.

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Old Mar 20, 2014 | 07:42 PM
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Original tire size is 245 75r 16 I'm running 315 75r 16 on a 5" lift I believe the po said something about changing the cv's but not the axles

Ya sorry bout typo stupid smart phones... Pun intended
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Old Mar 20, 2014 | 07:50 PM
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You have a programmer?
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Old Mar 20, 2014 | 07:57 PM
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Nope on the to do list unfortunately
Is there not a cast number I could some how reference or anything like that

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Old Mar 20, 2014 | 08:03 PM
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Something isn't adding up.

Were the tires stock when you got it?
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Old Mar 20, 2014 | 08:13 PM
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Stock size yes
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Old Mar 20, 2014 | 08:56 PM
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I know for sure it has a 3:55 in it cause I physically checked the with driveshaft revolutions to tire so long an short of it someone had to have swapped axels 4x4 works good so I'm assuming fronts had been changed although can't say I've ever been able to get it into 4 low but aside from that point how else would I be able to tell exactly what I have in there other than removing diff cover

I'm more curious to know if it's Ls or conventional

Odd part is with the 35's I'm 2kph faster than the speedo via gps sound right?
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Old Mar 20, 2014 | 09:05 PM
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If wheels spin opposite direction in the air, you are lacking Ls. Same direction means Ls.
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Old Mar 20, 2014 | 09:07 PM
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Okay thanks tackel or should I say tackle
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