xjfish
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- Pequot Lakes, MN
So I bent my front D30 axle housing and knuckle about a month back in my DD and I'm really sick of bumming rides off of people and borrowing my parent's spare car to get to and from work... I need a Dana 30 HP with 3.54 gears to bolt into an '87 XJ and have some questions. I would kinda like to get a complete one and part out the old one/keep spare parts. I was quoted roughly $200-500 for an install and if parts had to be swaped from the old one so I think I'll try it myself.
Will any front axle with the same gear ratio from a TJ/XJ/ZJ work or are they different in some ways? I'd like to bolt it right up if possible.
What should I look for in a junkyard axle? I went to a junkyard today and had 5 cherokees checked and supposedly they all had the wrong gears. I was told that the axle needed to come from one with a 242 T-case (what I have) and that a 231 Selec-Trac or other would not work even if it was the same ratio. True? I've been quoted $250 at two places but got the one to go down to $125. Seems really high...fair price? I'll keep looking>>>
Thanks for any advice given!
Will any front axle with the same gear ratio from a TJ/XJ/ZJ work or are they different in some ways? I'd like to bolt it right up if possible.
What should I look for in a junkyard axle? I went to a junkyard today and had 5 cherokees checked and supposedly they all had the wrong gears. I was told that the axle needed to come from one with a 242 T-case (what I have) and that a 231 Selec-Trac or other would not work even if it was the same ratio. True? I've been quoted $250 at two places but got the one to go down to $125. Seems really high...fair price? I'll keep looking>>>
Thanks for any advice given!