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Old 04-15-2007, 01:50 PM
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Default Will swapping my ring and pinion gears mess up my spedometer?

I have 3.55's, i'm putting in 4.56's next weekend. Is this going to mess up my spedometer? If so, how do I fix it? I read somewhere that there was a seperate gear somewhere else that the spedometer read off of, which was directly related to how fast your tires were spinning, but i'm not sure.

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Old 04-15-2007, 01:57 PM
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Default RE: Will swapping my ring and pinion gears mess up my spedometer?

yes it will, your speedo measures by how many times your drive shaft is spinning, all you will have to do is after your done the swap is take it in a get them to recalibrate your speedo for the new gears.
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Old 04-15-2007, 02:13 PM
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Where to? A dealership? Will it cost money? Can i do this msyelf with superchips 3715 tuner?
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Old 04-15-2007, 03:26 PM
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Default RE: Will swapping my ring and pinion gears mess up my spedometer?

Actually Jonnymagnum, you're incorrect.

I asked the same question on another forum, and the very confident answer from everyone who has done it before is no. It won't effect the speedometer. On older vehicles, what you said is correct. However, on our dakotas, the computer will read not only from the transmission output sensor but also the speed sensor in the rear differential and then it can "determine" what the gear ratio is just from that. The rear speed sensor is only looking at one thing in the rear diff, the tone wheel. That does not change when doing a rear ring and pinion swap so it will not effect the speedometer.
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