Re: amc20 torsen posi

[adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Sandwich Maker)]

" From: farna@xxxxxxx
" 
" Actually, the geared hubs probably REQUIRE a 3.xx gear. IIRC there are
" only two gears in the hub, a ring gear that drives the wheel and a
" pinion on the axle. There may be some intermediate gears like a cam
" gear drive, I don't recall. But I don't think there is. I've seen a
" busted military HUMMER hub gear case, but that was nearly 10 years ago!
" Final reduction on those things is 5.xx, maybe close to 6.xx. 

until i saw the web pg below, i thought all hummers had 2.56s.  and as
you say, with the 1.92:1 reducer hubs even those are pretty low.  but
i guess with tall tires, 12000+lb gvw, and only the turbodiesel...

" On December 18, 2005 andrew hay wrote:
" 
" > until now, i had thought that because of the axle-hub gear reducers
" > they used only tall gears on the 2-series case, but according to this
" > http://www.vibratesoftware.com/html_help/html/HUMMER/Hummer.htm
" > they also offered 3.08 gears.  this might have a thick ring gear that
" > goes on a 2-series diff, but it could also mean they have a 3-series
" > amc20 case too!

btw a chrysler pg elsewhere on this site suggests the existence of 3.21
[not misprinted 3.31] gears for the dana 35, aka amc15.  3.21 was/is a
common mopar gear; 3.07/3.08 wasn't, until jeep.
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