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Titanium15 Feb 12, 2008 10:19 PM

Offroading with 37's question?
 
is it bad for my truck to go offroading kinda hard without gears? Cuz im about to be done with my truck and want to go offroading just curious.:banana:

tnsilverfx4 Feb 13, 2008 09:41 AM

You are really going to overwork your engine and transmission.

Do you have 3.73's or 3.55's? 3.73's you might make it out of the bog and back home. 3.55's i wouldnt risk it.

37's are really taking your truck out of its power band with the stock axle setup. It really depends on how hard you are off-roading it. I would be more concerned about getting stuck and bogging down the motor trying to get out.

Take a friend and a recovery strap and post pics

Jordan not Mike Feb 13, 2008 01:34 PM


Originally Posted by Titanium15
is it bad for my truck to go offroading kinda hard without gears? Cuz im about to be done with my truck and want to go offroading just curious.:banana:

Dropping down to 4-Low will help a lot.

NoLongerJeepin Feb 13, 2008 02:20 PM

still those 37s are going to put alot of strain on your truck. i would wait for gears then go out. or els you might hafto replace alot more then just gears

chapdog Feb 17, 2008 02:01 AM


Originally Posted by Titanium15
is it bad for my truck to go offroading kinda hard without gears? Cuz im about to be done with my truck and want to go offroading just curious.:banana:

ran stock 3.73 gears in my 99 with 35's for 2 years and a 1 1/2 with 38.5's and offroaded everyweekend with out a problem so you should be fine.Just use 4 lo first and second gear overdrive off.Did many mud bogs and sand dune runs with it.did wonderfull in the mud but felt way under powered in the sand.


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