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[stanley]

gov-lock died on me. bought new differential with 2.73 gear. do you think a 6.2 will pull that gear? or should i just swap gov-lock? got a 84 k5 with 3.42 gear in it now. mainly dd. need some help

 

[jonrpick]

gov-lock died on me. bought new differential with 2.73 gear. do you think a 6.2 will pull that gear? or should i just swap gov-lock? got a 84 k5 with 3.42 gear in it now. mainly dd. need some help

As unsatisfying as it was driving with 3.08 gears and 31" tires, I can't imagine doing it with 2.73 gears. I haven't had any personal experience with 3.42's, but I'm betting you'd be unhappy with anything higher (numerically lower).

I find that to be true, even on newer stuff. The girlfriend's Tahoe had 3.23's, and were just *ok*. The Yukon XL has 3.73's and is much snappier. Some of it could possibly be attributed to the larger engine, but I can feel the gears more than anything else.

 

[stanley]

thanks, i really didn't think the 2.73 would work. i'll probably just swap gov-lock

 

[tRustyK5]

gov-lock died on me. bought new differential with 2.73 gear. do you think a 6.2 will pull that gear? or should i just swap gov-lock? got a 84 k5 with 3.42 gear in it now. mainly dd. need some help

Pass on that diff and look for one with 3.73's. You'll like it a lot better...

Rene

 

[BiggBlazer]

I have a blazer(cucv 1009) that I put 3.42 and a real posi in... with 33's it's ok but could easily like 4.10's and still be very happy at 70 mph. My cucv 1028 is happy with 4.56's and 34's...good mpg.