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You should have bought a Rubicon, or maybe your dealer will give you a fair trade out.
Just changing gears so I can get my 6th gear back on the highway.
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You don't need a flash or programmer to recal if you have a MT. I have a 2019 JL/MT and was getting ESS errors on the dash after I swapped the stock axles (3:45) for Ribicon axles (4:10). I followed the attached procedure (can't remember which post I got this from, sorry) and the Jeep reprogrammed itself! Basically, disconnect the negative terminal on both batteries, wait 30 sec or so, then reconnect. Drive the Jeep at a constant speed in 6th gear (50-55 mph) and hold it there for at least 30 seconds. That's it. Worked for me.

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Just changing gears so I can get my 6th gear back on the highway.
I still have 8 on flat highway, otherwise 7 is still strong using 275/65/18s on a sport pentstar 6. The tires are light XL load rating Nitto Terra grapplers. After these wear out going to 265/65/18s to get my ride back! my daily driver.
 

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You don't need a flash or programmer to recal if you have a MT. I have a 2019 JL/MT and was getting ESS errors on the dash after I swapped the stock axles (3:45) for Ribicon axles (4:10). I followed the attached procedure (can't remember which post I got this from, sorry) and the Jeep reprogrammed itself! Basically, disconnect the negative terminal on both batteries, wait 30 sec or so, then reconnect. Drive the Jeep at a constant speed in 6th gear (50-55 mph) and hold it there for at least 30 seconds. That's it. Worked for me.

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Do I have to disconnect the aux battery at its terminal or just at the main battery? Looks like both are ran to the main battery connection
 

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You may not need to program anything with a manual. Buddy has a JK and went to 4.xx gears and the speed sensor on the JK is on a front wheel, not the transmission. So there's no need to reprogram on the JK at least. I wouldn't be surprised if JL is the same.
 

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You don't need a flash or programmer to recal if you have a MT. I have a 2019 JL/MT and was getting ESS errors on the dash after I swapped the stock axles (3:45) for Ribicon axles (4:10). I followed the attached procedure (can't remember which post I got this from, sorry) and the Jeep reprogrammed itself! Basically, disconnect the negative terminal on both batteries, wait 30 sec or so, then reconnect. Drive the Jeep at a constant speed in 6th gear (50-55 mph) and hold it there for at least 30 seconds. That's it. Worked for me.

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That procedure isn’t going to properly adjust your speedometer for the new gears. You definitely need a flash/programmer.
 

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That procedure isn’t going to properly adjust your speedometer for the new gears. You definitely need a flash/programmer.
Pretty sure the speed sensor on the JK/JL is not tied to the transmission or driveshaft. It's on one of the wheels, hence no speedometer issues with new gears. If it's a manual, then there's no transmission issues either.
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