MarkC
NAXJA Forum User
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I have a 90 XJ with original Dana 30 front at a 3.07 ratio. The rear 35c was very noisy at 170K mi, and so I swapped in a low miles 35c from a '96 XJ with a 3.55 ratio that I found for cheap. Works great.
SO, I want to make the ratios match again, even though I don't do much 4 wheeling; the boat ramp and occasional snow is all. Someone locally is selling 3.55 ring, pinion, and open carrier out of a 96 XJ Dana 30 front axle, in good shape (he says it's high pinion, reverse cut):
http://b.im.craigslist.org/QS/Hp/eEhtaF9VAurtQNlvQtwGDYtxO7g5.jpg[\img]
Would it fit into my '90 axle with my current shafts? I'm a moderately competent home mechanic (done all my own work for 25 years), but have never taken apart an axle. A pain, or pretty doable? Again I won't be putting lots of 4wd miles on this front axle...
Thanks for any advice, pointers to webpages, books, etc.!
Mark
SO, I want to make the ratios match again, even though I don't do much 4 wheeling; the boat ramp and occasional snow is all. Someone locally is selling 3.55 ring, pinion, and open carrier out of a 96 XJ Dana 30 front axle, in good shape (he says it's high pinion, reverse cut):
http://b.im.craigslist.org/QS/Hp/eEhtaF9VAurtQNlvQtwGDYtxO7g5.jpg[\img]
Would it fit into my '90 axle with my current shafts? I'm a moderately competent home mechanic (done all my own work for 25 years), but have never taken apart an axle. A pain, or pretty doable? Again I won't be putting lots of 4wd miles on this front axle...
Thanks for any advice, pointers to webpages, books, etc.!
Mark
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