From: David Cole (DavidCole@tk7.net)
Date: Fri Nov 07 2003 - 07:43:04 PST
I'd swap the differential gears. It's fairly easy and straight forward,
just some labor. Find an axle shop and they should be able to do
everything in a day. The other alternative is to search for junkyard
axles, but if the stuff you have is in good shape, I'd replace the gears.
Dave
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On Thu, 06 Nov 2003 22:18:02 -0600, Adam Suess <ajsuess@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Fire dept has a M 1028 Chevy dually grass truck. Works pretty good except
> it's geared way to low and top speed seems to be about 55 mph.
> Speedometer don't work on the Chevy but the XM 813 keeps up to it just
> fine. Is there a way to get higher gearing for it or a better top speed
> with out spending a fortune? Change the transfer case? what’s top speed
> of the M 1008? Other military Chevy’s that parts could be swapped to go
> faster? Top speed is irritating but the real concern is the very high
> rpm’s the engine has to go to get to that speed. Thanks, Adam Suess
>
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