[LONGHAIR]

Originally Posted by fla wildman

I know, I have counted them more time than I can count and it still come out the same. Plus the rear end has a tab on it that has the ring gear number and pinion and 4:56 gears and the front has the same that sed it is 4:10 I thank, not 4:11.But still there not the same gears and they have been in the truck for years and have had the truck on hard ground in 4wd and it works. The truck did come off of the cape so being an old military truck who know why its this way. Plus I have the tranny and t-case in my 1/2 ton now and its gears are the same and if your not in soft dirt the front and rear end fights each other.

Something fishy is going on here. There is NO WAY that a NP203 transfer case is "built" to be able to handle different gears on the opposite ends of the truck. The internal differential "may" be able to handle it on loose ground for a short time, but it will bind up eventually.....and it certainly wouldn't prefer it. It should never be "locked" on hard pavement anyway.