The 5.29 Mega Thread!!

Looks good

 

Can you talk a little bit about the improvements you've noticed especially as someone running these gears with 33's?
I'm in a similar situation myself, running 33's and about 1000 lbs extra gear. Soon to be getting my gears installed.

 

Sure thing. The throttle response is the biggest thing I’ve noticed. The truck changes gears much more often now and stays in the ideal rpm range a lot longer than before. The truck also now stays in one gear going over passes in the mountains instead of jumping constantly between two or three. Crawling in 4lo feels twice as slow as before, which is great when going traversing steep trails. Only negative thing I have noticed so far is the drop in gas mileage. Currently I’m averaging about 16 mpg whereas before I was at about 17.5. Well worth it though in my honest opinion!

 

Good to go. Clean install

 

Mine was 3400 out the door cost here in Colorado.
I am running 32.7 275/70/17 BFG KO2 E rating
70mph i am doing about around 2500 RPM and truck holds 5th or 6th gear no issue, i havent pushed further due to break in. i know in past i would be in 4th gear screaming close to 3800 RPM or higher, truck holds hills much better some small hills it will stay in gear it is in or go from 6th to 5th in past it would jump to 4th and stay there constant.

odd thing was to get used to idea that truck has 6th gears not 4, in past i would sit in truck and go manual /sport and switch to 4th and basicly never give truck option to go to 5th as i know it would not hold it, now i have to keep training myself to keep the shifter in D and let truck do it thing.

over all best mod.

 

What he said ^^^^^^^^^^^ though my mileage went up, i was in 14.7 and now i am 17.3 - 19.3 in town, though have not done much of highway traffic except break in pattern. Will see how fuel econ will be down the road, but as he ^^^ said well worth it.

 

1) $2700 for gears, master install kit, cryo, REM, labor. You likely will never beat this price.
2) 285/75, 35x12.5
3) Whatever the speed limit is..though I like to stick around 65-70mph for gas savings.

 

Cool. Thanks. I thought it looked better than some of the images I've seen on these boards. The new oil was definitely cleaner than the stuff I drained, but I expected the old stuff to be black. It was surprisingly clean. I drove the truck this evening for about 25 miles round trip up to about 70 mph. The diff still feels pretty dang hot to the touch afterward. Im guessing that's normal for the bigger gears.

 

Your diff is going to run around 140 degrees so hot is normal. You don’t want it to creep up to 170,180,200 etc but I’d expect higher temps under load.

 

@Crionchip

 

I think I'll try to take the temps one day. 140F is hot, but I'm not sure what that translates to as far as putting my hand on the back of the diff after a drive. Side note..70mph on 285s doesn't feel bad at all with the gears. Gas mileage doesn't look as good as I hoped for. Unloaded I will get 20mpg at 60mph, but I just threw a used shell on the back and I'm assuming that will take away from it. Doesn't really matter to me, I love the truck. Looking forward to 2.0 release so I can get off of the stock tune.

 

If you can't hold your hand on the diff for longer than 10-20 seconds then it's getting too hot

 

1) Just below $2600 out the door parts and labor for my 5.29s. Got the gears during a sale and before the labor rate of my shop slightly increased
2) 285/75r16
3) Max speed on the roads I drive around Denver is 65 so I’m normally within 5mph of that. Truck doesn’t struggle to maintain those speeds, even up steep passes in the mountains. Feels much smoother overall

 

Not sure what happened, but went in today to get the pinion seal and blue connector replaced. They got the pinion seal done but the connector had the wrong plug end on it. Is 828240K060 the correct part number?

 

Put your VIN number in here and see what it says?: https://www.toyotapartsdeal.com/oem/toyota~connector~wiring~ha~82824-0k060.html

 

Although putting my vin into that site lists it as an SR5 which it definitely is not, it does verify fitment. Looks like the perfect storm of nonsense and a wrong part getting packed by Toyota. Oh well, it’ll be done tomorrow....I hope!

 

Are you saying that you didn't actually receive the correct 82824-08060 part and it was something different?

 

This is all second hand from the shop, but according to them it was the right packaging but the wrong part in the packaging.

 

Wow, terrible luck!

 

Anything over an sr is listed as an SR5. It is just packages slapped on the same thing. That is how you get your Sport, OR, limited ect