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what gears in 89 sidekick

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Offline beagle..t

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what gears in 89 sidekick
« on: September 21, 2011, 06:02:15 PM »
ok have a chance to get front and rear thirds from a 89 sidekick and it has the 1.6 liter the question i waant to know is this the model that has the hard to find thirds or does it just got 5.12's there was a thread on hear but cant find it i dont know if its auto  or standard  thx
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Re: what gears in 89 sidekick
« Reply #1 on: September 21, 2011, 06:09:13 PM »
The 1.6 89 sidekick will have either 4.62 (auto tranny) or 5.12 (5 speed) gears.
It is the 1.3 89 sidekick with the 5 speed that has the rare 5.62 gears.
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Re: what gears in 89 sidekick
« Reply #2 on: September 21, 2011, 06:24:27 PM »
the 4.62 are lower  so would they bolt right up to my 91 trackick with 5.12 are they good for dd or should i grab them and sell
new rig aka "the mule" 2002 tracker
V6 swap auto  ,2 dr ,2" BL,2" jeffs kit 512 gears warn hubs and 30/9.5/15 BFG AT

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Re: what gears in 89 sidekick
« Reply #3 on: September 21, 2011, 06:27:19 PM »
the 4.62 are lower  so would they bolt right up to my 91 trackick with 5.12 are they good for dd or should i grab them and sell

4.62s would make you go faster than 5.12s, at the same RPM.
I wouldn't swap out 5.12s for 4.62s.
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Re: what gears in 89 sidekick
« Reply #4 on: September 21, 2011, 06:33:43 PM »
ok well that decides it if auto i'll grab and flip them for something good but it 5 spd i'll leave allone thx for the advice and i'll keep my eyes open for the rare set
new rig aka "the mule" 2002 tracker
V6 swap auto  ,2 dr ,2" BL,2" jeffs kit 512 gears warn hubs and 30/9.5/15 BFG AT

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Re: what gears in 89 sidekick
« Reply #5 on: September 21, 2011, 08:07:02 PM »
well its 5 spd so 5.12's so no go
new rig aka "the mule" 2002 tracker
V6 swap auto  ,2 dr ,2" BL,2" jeffs kit 512 gears warn hubs and 30/9.5/15 BFG AT