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Taller gears, smoother shifts?
#548476
12/07/09 09:12 PM
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Some automatic transmission "expert" on another forum claims that an automatic transmission will shift firmer with 4.10 gears and softer with 2.92 gears - no changes except for gear ratio.
I can't think of any reason why this would be true, but I've been wrong before.
Anyone agree with this guy?
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Re: Taller gears, smoother shifts?
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12/07/09 09:16 PM
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Re: Taller gears, smoother shifts?
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12/08/09 04:20 PM
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The transmission won't shift any harder with the 4.10 gears, but the shift will FEEL firmer because the 4.10's make the vehicle jump forward more at the shift.
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Re: Taller gears, smoother shifts?
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12/08/09 04:43 PM
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Well, it makes sense to me that you can more easily bark the tires on a full-throttle 1-2 shift with 4.10 gears than with 2.92, but the guy wasn't just talking about full-throttle shifts; he also claimed that with taller gears (lower numerically), drive and reverse engagements would be softer, along with shifts up and down, full or part throttle.
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Re: Taller gears, smoother shifts?
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12/08/09 06:30 PM
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Okay, guess I should look for the white flag icon. . . . Seriously, I went from 3.23 gears to 4.10 in my Charger a few years ago and of course there was a lot of difference in how it ran, but I don't remember any difference in the transmission shift quality. Maybe it was so long ago I just forgot.
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