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Dang. I get 25-30 in my sidekick, but since it has higher compression, I gotta use the premium or it knocks. Doesnt matter much either way, town is like 2 miles away.

I get around 17-19 mpg on my Ram... Its a v6 so its a real DOG. but i still love it... I checked with a mechanic and he said that there is no reason to change out all the gears or a completely new Pinion if its not worn down... so we shall see.... Mine is 2wd not 4wd either

changing just the pinion bearing will not work because once you take it out the clarences are off between the pinion&ring gear.you will break teeths off the gears best to have new ones put in by a rear end specialist.a month after i got my 95 yukon the seal was leaking at the pinion seal the used car garage fix it when i drove it seemed it was dragging i think they tighten a little more than it was after 6 months had noise i tought it was the tires so 1yr went by i made a right turn sound like i ran over something later that day i had a small hole in the diff pan i took it off hads 2teeth broken off ring gear well called around for prices a used rear end 900.00 dam.i was told to call this rear end place cost me 1250.00 all new bearings,seals,piniongear,ring gear and the posi trac gears. cost more it`s a 4 wd so shop around

and yet, i wouldn't trade my blazer for an escort if you paid me to (by that i mean you paid my loan, then gave me the car plus cash)

30 mpg city with my escort

this is unrelated but i get 16mpg city with my blazer.... :-p

just curious, what kind of gas milege are you getting on that ram, my dad's got a 97 ram 1500 single cab 2wd auto with 90k and after a recent tune up, and is only getting about 12-13 mpg city.....but unlike your truck, my dads truck just has some sensors and a serpentine that has broken....

^^ so u would like to think... How many times have i seen Dealership vehicles pass me on the Highway doin like 100+ mph??? Lots of times... Those pricks drive around like they are God themselves, and they beat the shit out of those cars... They figure as long as it still "LOOKS NEW" then they can sell it.

Dang and I thought my car had problems.

Mine is a 95, so its what, 11 or 12 years old, and it only has 81k miles but I've never had to replace any of the drivetrain parts.

I drive it hard too. But then I've only had it for about 7k miles, and the previous owner was a dealership owner, so it probably got taken care of.

o i know there simple i just wonderd if you were getting the cheaper ones and having them replaced