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So as I was deciding which 5.13 pinion gears I was going to go with, Yukon or Dana, I was looking on Dana’s website and came upon the name AdvanTEK as an option for our Gladiators. From what I’ve found so far this was an improvement made by Dana on the Dana 44 axles (and others) where they reduced the size of the ring gear but made it just as strong as the bigger ring gear.

I was trying tofigure out ifI needed to order the normal size Dana 44 gear set or the AdvanTEK set. After a while the person at Dana said the AdvanTEK was the way to go.
Anyone have anymore knowledge on this newer ring and pinion set? Sounds like all the gladiators now have these smaller rings?
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Someone please correct me if I’m wrong but all Gladiator axles are AdvanTEK. They do not share any internal components, even the covers are different, with the traditional D44.
 
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Someone please correct me if I’m wrong but all Gladiator axles are AdvanTEK. They do not share any internal components, even the covers are different, with the traditional D44.
Just to give you guys a clue if you call Dana about the difference their “technicians” weren’t the most up to date on things or aware of the difference of their own products. I wound up ordering the advantek 5.13 gears from them so hopefully it will all fit ok.
 
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Just to give you guys a clue if you call Dana about the difference their “technicians” weren’t the most up to date on things or aware of the difference of their own products. I wound up ordering the advantek 5.13 gears from them so hopefully it will all fit ok.
So... Did they fit?
 

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Ordering the same set.
 

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So... Did they fit?
Yup fit perfectly and honestly the truck gets better fuel mileage with 5.13 than they did with smaller tires and 4.10
 

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I got Yukon’s and the also work great
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