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I should know if there's a quick way to tell, but for some reason I'm drawing a blank. I know an '88 should be non c clip, but I haven't determined if the axle is original yet.
So i know this is a stupid Q. But witch on is the stronger one of the 2
I have a Rubber plug on mine, also with the trash loc (1996) :looser:
IIRC you can look at the ends of the tubes (by the brake backing plates) and look to see if they get wider to accommodate the larger axle bearings (non c-clip).
can anyone with a c-clip report if the alxe, in fact, does not neck up at the ends as the non-c clip does?
thanx for all the info so far-- I guess not knowing the origin of the vehicle opens up alot of variables (wrong cover replaced, different axle replaced, etc) but if others are looking at an original assembly, they should be able to determine type.
I'll be changing bearings this weekend (time permitting) and will hopefully have the necessary lipstick for my pig.
That's why the very simplest thing to do is to pull the cover and look at the side gears - may be a bit messier, but you can't screw that up!
can anyone with a c-clip report if the alxe, in fact, does not neck up at the ends as the non-c clip does?
I just brave the heavy snowfall and walked outside to look. My 89 MJ non-clip D35 gets a little bigger in diameter just before the backing plate. The 93 ZJ c-clip D35 (which happens to be in the bed of the MJ at the moment) is the same diameter all the way up to the backing plate.
Really simple way? The non-clip D35s had a metal fill plug. The c-clip version had a rubber butt plug located a bit above the center line of the axle tubes. The c-clip version had the fill hole higher up as the wheel bearings were lubed with gear oil instead of grease packed for the non-clip. As a side note, you don't want to swap the cover with the metal plug onto a c-clip axle as you'll end up oil starving the wheel bearings.
If the wheel is off, the non-clip axle shafts have a hole in the flange for accessing the bearing retainer plate bolts. Might be easier than trying to look for the retainer plate if the brake shoes are still on. C-clip axle shafts with have some in-out play up to about 1/8", whereas the non-clip axles should have almost none.
I believe the changeover happened at the same time as the Renix/HO changeover, but that's no guarantee as Chrysler liked to used leftovers from previous years and someone may have swapped axles.
I've never seen a D35 with a metal fill plug and I've had a few that were non-C clip