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>>>>>>> I'm towing a lighter camper & was thinking about changing out a
4.10
>>>>>>> to a 3.54 rear for better mpg (what difference can I expect?) .
Cost
>>>>>>> involved for labor parts?
>>>>>>> thanks
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Do not assume the 3.54's will get you better milage. When I went
from
>>>>>> 3.55 to 3.92 my unloaded intown type driving went up 2 mpg. My
>>>>>> unloaded highway milage went down 2 mpg. Towing a car
trailer/medium
>>>>>> sized car on it got about the same but the truck pulled it
noticably
>>>>>> easier with the 3.92's.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Denny
>>>>>>
>>>>> HTF can anything that your wide ride is in, possibly be considered
as
>>>>> unloaded??? Geeeesh...The trailer must have been used to haul your
>>>>> food for the day on.
>>>>> <BFG>
>>>>
>>>> Not as good as you usually do but it's better than nothing..........
>>>>
>>> Been preoccupied with the toy so I'm not on my game. But, I promise to
>>> do better.<G>
>>>
>>> Made the mistake of going to a discount tire store to have the rear
>>> wheels balanced. Balance went fine the guy put the left rear on okay
>>> then some other clown shows up and say's "I'll get this one for ya"
And
>>> I'm ****ed!! The wheels are early 90's American Racing aluminum
wheels.
>>> They use a "mag shank lug nut" The shank threads through the wheel and
>>> onto the stud and tightens against a washer and the wheel. This bozo
>>> trys to start them with a air gun and gets half way down the threads
and
>>> it stops, it's cross treaded, so he try's to back it off, no joy, so
>>> it's back to tightening it. I tell him to stop before he wipes the
stud
>>> out of the axle and I look for the manager. By the time I get the
>>> manager he's hammered the thing. Finally get it apart, the hole the
stud
>>> goes through is wiped, the lug nut and stud are of course junk. They
>>> don't have parts.
>>
>> The hole in the axle flange is wallowed out??? That is really rare.
>
> He was really laying on the air gun and did some damage.
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>
>>Usually the hole is ok and the stud spins. You have really bad luck.
Don't
>>talk to me any more..... <GBMFG>
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> Screw ya!!<VBG>
You'd never go back to Sue.......
Denny
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