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    FMTV High Speed Gears

    Has anyone tired running 385/65R 22.5? I can get these all day for decent money barely used. They don't have an extremely aggressive tread but they will work for service roads. The Power Company has large class 6/7 4x4 trucks that have good Highway Speed; I will see what tires they run also. I...
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    FMTV High Speed Gears

    https://www.michelinb2b.com/wps/b2bcontent/PDF/XML_DataPg.pdf It looks they are rated fairly low 50 for the xml what is the Goodyear rating
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    FMTV High Speed Gears

    I have Michelins X tires are the Goodyears better?
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    FMTV High Speed Gears

    I guess I need to research the tire issue although I may have already experienced it. Blown tire for no reason traveling between Alabama and Virginia at 55-58 MPH. It was also an extremely hot day. I was about 600 miles into the trip when the tire blew
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    FMTV High Speed Gears

    Around here Highway Speed starts at 75 in some areas. If 75 sounds like 58 does know then I will back out of throttle to at least 70. Thanks
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    FMTV High Speed Gears

    Can you post the part numbers that you were quoted to make this easier in the future to track down? Thanks
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    FMTV High Speed Gears

    Do you have an idea on pricing? Can I get lower then a 3.07.....it would be nice to maintain actually highway speeds if possible vs hoping to get to 70. Thanks
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    FMTV High Speed Gears

    I called over to Meritor just now and spoke with there Tech support department. They said that need a meritor part number from the axle not a military part number. He said that the axle should have a meritor tag on it. He said that they do sell kits to change the ratios but they need a part...
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    FMTV High Speed Gears

    I am even more confused because i thought that all of this was to get a 3.07 ratio (high speed) I know that this is much larger vehicle but when I had 3.73s or 4.10s put in my mustang years ago it was only a few things got swapped. https://www.americanmuscle.com/410-gear-oil-kit-8609.html...
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    FMTV High Speed Gears

    I know that the overall axle is Military specific and I may be completely off!!!! But Meritor does make bus axles and axles for over the road trucks. They may make there own gears but wondering if a standard is followed. The resellers have to get there parts from somewhere, maybe they have an up...
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    FMTV High Speed Gears

    I have access to a large number of fullsize school buses and various other larger vehicles with similar sized axles. Does anyone know if some other (non-military) vehicles have gears that would work? The military has been big about using COTS (Commercial Off The Shelf) parts for years now and I...
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    FMTV High Speed Gears

    Is this reported mpg a one off or are most people seeing close to this? My Landcruiser gets 14 MPG. My truck is getting about 60 on the GPS stock. I haven't figured out the mileage yet, but I know it is single digit. Thanks
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