hear me out- the our 99 XJ is the offroad toy/wifes winter vehicle, up until recently... it is currently sitting on a 4.5" Rough Country lift on 31's, with a Detroit Softlocker in the rear. since it has abs, it's the venerable Dana 35. when installing the locker (and doing a rear brake job), I think we moved an ABS sensor just too far from the tone ring and I lost ABS. This combined with the locker, she is hesitant to drive it in the snow (we have a 9 week old) and would rather just stay home then drive somewere in that, or take her Mitsu Lancer.
The goal of the build is as follows. we are talking east coast mud/rock terrain, mostly rausch creek type stuff. I currently came into an '89 XJ (my thrid XJ to date) which is going to turn into a budget/junkyard/rat trail only rig, using parts I have, or get for free, and it will be a trailer queen (35's, dana 60's, locked, yadda yadda yadda). so you can leave the "hardcore" reasoning out of this vehicle. The '99 will need to keep up with the "boys" on the larger trail rides, but still be a good inclement weather vehicle as a primary purpose and will still be my off road toy until the '89 is finished.
I would like to upgrade to a beefier rear to eventually run 33's, add something like a LSD in the rear and a selectable in the front. Ideally, the rear would come with an LSD to keep costs down. LSD will be a bit more predictable in the snow and Ice. To make it acceptable to the wife, how do I keep ABS with an axle swap? I would love to add rear disks in the process as well. everything screams ZJ Dana 44 due to availability, but I would prefer an Iron Axle, not aluminum....
so here is the big question:
has anyone ever converted an XJ Dana 44 to have ZJ ABS disk brakes? and will a LSD from an alum. ZJ 44 fit in an Iron XJ 44? This seems like it would be the best of both worlds for my situation, if I could just get all of the parts together, but obviously don't want to start until I get a clue that it could work. searching only turns up "if you are going to swap an axle, you will loose ABS"
any ideas?:helpme:
The goal of the build is as follows. we are talking east coast mud/rock terrain, mostly rausch creek type stuff. I currently came into an '89 XJ (my thrid XJ to date) which is going to turn into a budget/junkyard/rat trail only rig, using parts I have, or get for free, and it will be a trailer queen (35's, dana 60's, locked, yadda yadda yadda). so you can leave the "hardcore" reasoning out of this vehicle. The '99 will need to keep up with the "boys" on the larger trail rides, but still be a good inclement weather vehicle as a primary purpose and will still be my off road toy until the '89 is finished.
I would like to upgrade to a beefier rear to eventually run 33's, add something like a LSD in the rear and a selectable in the front. Ideally, the rear would come with an LSD to keep costs down. LSD will be a bit more predictable in the snow and Ice. To make it acceptable to the wife, how do I keep ABS with an axle swap? I would love to add rear disks in the process as well. everything screams ZJ Dana 44 due to availability, but I would prefer an Iron Axle, not aluminum....
so here is the big question:
has anyone ever converted an XJ Dana 44 to have ZJ ABS disk brakes? and will a LSD from an alum. ZJ 44 fit in an Iron XJ 44? This seems like it would be the best of both worlds for my situation, if I could just get all of the parts together, but obviously don't want to start until I get a clue that it could work. searching only turns up "if you are going to swap an axle, you will loose ABS"
any ideas?:helpme: