YELLAHEEP
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Littleton, Colorado
I learn something every day with these dadgum XJ's. Here's the situation:
A guy calls me looking for a replacement pass. side axle shaft and unit bearing for his '90 Laredo. I ask if it's got the vac. disco unit, he says no so I gather his Laredo has the 242 t-case, non-disco axle and like all the other XJ's I've ever parted out...... should have 260 joint axle shafts. So, that's what I sell him.
He calls tonight and again confirms that he has a non-disco axle, but his Laredo has ABS with the sensor/ring on the stub shaft..... and a bigger bearing cap on the destroyed axle he's removed than the shaft I sold him.
I'd never heard of this before and had him measure the caps - sure enough, his busted shaft has 297's. News to me. I'd never heard of 297's in any D30 prior to '95.
So, he needs to get a replacement that works so he can keep his ABS.
I assume that the sensor ring on the original stub shaft can't be removed and placed on the 260 shaft I sold him right?
If he needs to get it on the road before he can source a correct ABS axle shaft, can he run the 260 shaft and disable his ABS? What's the best way? Remove the ABS relay/fuse?
Thanks in advance!
A guy calls me looking for a replacement pass. side axle shaft and unit bearing for his '90 Laredo. I ask if it's got the vac. disco unit, he says no so I gather his Laredo has the 242 t-case, non-disco axle and like all the other XJ's I've ever parted out...... should have 260 joint axle shafts. So, that's what I sell him.
He calls tonight and again confirms that he has a non-disco axle, but his Laredo has ABS with the sensor/ring on the stub shaft..... and a bigger bearing cap on the destroyed axle he's removed than the shaft I sold him.
I'd never heard of this before and had him measure the caps - sure enough, his busted shaft has 297's. News to me. I'd never heard of 297's in any D30 prior to '95.
So, he needs to get a replacement that works so he can keep his ABS.
I assume that the sensor ring on the original stub shaft can't be removed and placed on the 260 shaft I sold him right?
If he needs to get it on the road before he can source a correct ABS axle shaft, can he run the 260 shaft and disable his ABS? What's the best way? Remove the ABS relay/fuse?
Thanks in advance!