ok all of us that need to get 5:83 to run larger tires should pull together and get calmini to order a bach. is far as i know thay need a lot of orders befor thay can make them. i need them to finish my rig. how many of you need them. im taking a senses. by the way aneyone that advertises them gets them from from guss who calmini.

when i was waiting (and waiting) for mine i had considered calling Richmond Gear and asking them what the min. order # and turn around time  & $ would be.  i dont know if they have/had an exclusive contract with CalMini but it sound like if they did it fell through.  get some peeps together and and call Richmond, they might deal.  they might have a high min, but the molds are just sitting on their shelves colecting dust.  other option, see if they would sell you some rough cast ones, take a completed set with casts to machine shop and have them done up.... just some ideas. :-/

This just needs to be put to bed. No one here is going to convince a company like Richmond to build 5 sets.  Its a minimum quantity of likely 100 gearsets or more.  A company like Richmond will not lose any sleep whatsover if they never make 5.83 gears again.  You have to look at the big picture of what they do.  Just chock it up to not enough guys looking to put 5.83 in their Zuks to keep them available.  If you were CALMINI would you spend the money and sit on them for the next 10 years?  Not likely. This kind of thing happens.  I'm suprised they kept offering the gears as long as they did.  At least the Samurai guys (myself included!) can still get them...It's just too bad for you Kick/Tracker guys  

This just needs to be put to bed. No one here is going to convince a company like Richmond to build 5 sets.  Its a minimum quantity of likely 100 gearsets or more.  A company like Richmond will not lose any sleep whatsover if they never make 5.83 gears again.  

Thats probably true but there is a company just a few miles from me that will make any number, even one off sets. They do a lot of gears for classic cars, they will make a set up from just a few fragments of the originals. I don't know what it would cost to make 5:83s but if Calmini/Richmond are no longer able to supply them for whatever reason then there are other suppliers who will.

Now all I need is someone with a 5.83 over there who can show them one   Wonder how much $$$ it would cost?  

Other options are to wait for Calmini to decide to do another run (late summer at the earliest) or find a rear axle from a Bronco, Scout (ideal as the wms to wms is right and I can get an ARB for it) or widetrack CJ and put a Yukon 5.83 in. Been looking but can't find an axle cheap enough as these aren't the most common vehicles in OZ so people want $$$. Then I'd still need to get another locker to suit plus the cost of fitting the axle. A plus would be I probably wouldn't need to bother with making a full floater or buying Calmini HD axles.

count me in for 1 set. i need to upgrade both my R&Ps too.

My solution to gearing: a few hundred bucks at the local pick and pull for a set of Scout II D44's. Shouldn't have any problems with finding gears

My solution to gearing: a few hundred bucks at the local pick and pull for a set of Scout II D44's. Shouldn't have any problems with finding gears

Good idea!

ive called calmini and thay are not going to make them ever again. thats the rude answer i got like the guy was mad i asked i guess someone else has been hounding them.

ive called calmini and thay are not going to make them ever again. thats the rude answer i got like the guy was mad i asked i guess someone else has been hounding them.

you have a 10 bolt rear so you should be able to get them.

you have a 10 bolt rear so you should be able to get them.

Actually thats not correct. Fronts are 10 bolt 7 inch. His rear is a 7.5.

Mike

ive called calmini and thay are not going to make them ever again. thats the rude answer i got like the guy was mad i asked i guess someone else has been hounding them.

or they just read the forums which im sure the do, they have told everyone the same thing, dont people listen?

Actually thats not correct. Fronts are 10 bolt 7 inch. His rear is a 7.5.

Mike

ah ok i saw on their site that the 12 bolt gears were temporarily discontinued. so i guess if someone with a 89-92 wanted 5.83 gears they had to upgrade from a 10 bolt rear to a 12 bolt. not that it matters anymore  

ya thay are discounted caz thay arnt making them

My solution to gearing: a few hundred bucks at the local pick and pull for a set of Scout II D44's. Shouldn't have any problems with finding gears

I have a set of these if you want em.  

My solution to the gearing mess was to just install a sammi case.