redsand187
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Selah Washington
I've been out of the Jeep game for a couple years now. But I've been thinking about fooling around with something cheap. I found a XJ that seems to be a decent deal that the rear axle is broke, and there is a little bit of damage to the brake. Well, I just so happen to have a Dana 35 that is sitting out behind my garage that I never got around to getting rid of. I got it for free when I picked up a set of geared axles 4 or 5 years ago. I only intended on keeping it around for parts, and I was never told the condition of it. The jeep is a few hours away. I'm half tempted to run up there with a buddy and throw in my axle and drive it home. But I'm not really sure if I should risk it. I can't imagine there being anything too wrong with it. I figure I'll pull the cover off tomorrow and see if there is anything obvious. But my luck with jeeps never was that good, so I'd prefer not to be stranded somewhere, and really don't have a tow capable set up at this point, so I don't want to spend a big chunk of cash to get it home if I don't need to.
Any idea of how I can tell if this thing will be worthy of a 200 mile trip?
Any idea of how I can tell if this thing will be worthy of a 200 mile trip?