Re: Axles, VIN report, WTF??

From: andy levy (andy-dml@levyclan.us)
Date: Thu Aug 14 2003 - 23:25:09 EDT


Michael Maskalans wrote:

> well, I haven't measured my axle housing (nor would I know what to
> measure), but I'm pretty certain that front and rear housings are the
> same size, which ought to make them both 8.25".

How many bolts on your rear diff cover?

> jason/norah - I don't suppose you happen to have made note of what your
> cruising speed RPMs were before and after the swap? if you happen to
> know (roughly), I'd love to know at what speed and with what size
> tires. my VIN won't tell me in the decoder on the site, and being a
> used truck I don't have a window sticker. it's also not printed on the
> door jamb label (though I did notice that my axles are rated with my
> stock tire size on 15x6 wheels, not 15x7).

The door label usually lists the lowest tire available on the whole line.

As for RPMs, remember Jason & Norah have a different transmission (OD
might be a different ratio) and different size tires. My '99 with 3.55s
and the 31" tires turned about 1900 RPM at 65MPH.

> looking through the info sheet we did get with the truck...... I see
> 3.55 gears in an 8.25" Corporate with a rear anti-slip. 231HD transfer
> case....

All sounds normal there.

> I also see it's being called radiant red and metallic red
> clear coat. Isn't radiant red the fire engine non-metallic red? I'm
> "deep garnet red"....

Dark Garnet Red didn't come around till 2001. The non-metallic fire
engine red is "Flame Red."

> it also tells me that I have power rack and
> pinion steering. this is a '98. WTF?? I'm so confused....

Through '99, 4x4s were recirculating ball and 4x2s were R&P. Starting
in 2000, everything was R&P.

> I can deal with having had a wrong gear ratio stuck in my head from
> somewhere (though I'd really like to know where) but the wrong color
> name and an as-far-as-i-know-unavailable type of steering?

Have the VIN run through a dealership to get the definitive word on the
truck.

-- 
-andy

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