89 Blue Laredo on the back row. It looks like it has a tow package and Dana 44 rear axle. Someone has pushed it of it's wheel supports so that the axle is pretty buried (on purpose maybe?) so do not hold me to it but I am fairly sure. Right now no one has started to tear into the axle.
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Lynwood pull apart
- Thread starter nickguy
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XJOFFROAD
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I was there yesterday and looked at every xj there in the jeep section. none of them had a dana 44. was it in the wrong section? a buddy of mine was looking for one yesterday while we were there.......
crrider833
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- Burlington Wa
the axle tubes are too small to be a 44, i looked at it a few times.
WaXJ_Skier
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- Bellevue, Wa
axle tubes on a 44 are 2.75" close enough to a 35 that they use the same U bolt.
Scatterbrained
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This is true. The 8.25 has a 3" tube and the D35-D44 has a 2.75".
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- Thornton, CO
He said close, not the same. The D35 is like 2.6" and change IIRC, some random OD.
Avanteone
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- Auburn, WA
If it's an 89, it's not a D44.... at least not factory.
WaXJ_Skier
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Hey John thanks for taking care of my Dad's Jeep for him.
crrider833
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Just 87's, right?
Avanteone
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92jeepxjOR
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The 44 came in 87-89
Avanteone
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No.... but thanks for playing.
List of all factory rear axle part #'s:
http://www.lunghd.com/Tech_Articles...xles_and_Brakes/Jeep_Axle_Info_and_Ratios.htm
'87-90 MJ's got D44 rear, but not XJ's.
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Muddy Beast
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FWIW, I have read on 
about some weird factory spec'd rigs (like cop/gov ones) up till '89 that came with a D44.
Either way, it's probably long gone by now.
~Scott
about some weird factory spec'd rigs (like cop/gov ones) up till '89 that came with a D44.Either way, it's probably long gone by now.
~Scott
crrider833
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WaXJ_Skier
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the 87 i pulled my 44 from had a 242, it might not have been stock, it also had 6" blocks.
Avanteone
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- Auburn, WA
Tow package could come with NP231 or NP242, so it could be a D44 either way. Just FYI, NP242 only came with auto trans. NP231 only came with vac. disco axle (thru '91).
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- Thornton, CO
Yes.....but hey, you can't always be a prick and right.
I don't care what your link says. I know, it's on the internet, it must be right. I've personally pulled two D44s out from under '89s in the junkyard. And the MJ got the rear 44 all the way until '92.
http://www.4x4wire.com/jeep/tech/axle/xj_dana44_02/
I guess he was mistaken, and I can't read VINs.
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92jeepxjOR
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Well its on a web site so it must be true right!?! I have owned an 89 with a 44 and yes it came stock with it.Like I said the 44 came in 87-89 XJ'S from the factory
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- Thornton, CO
Yep, thats correct. And I confirmed the MJ when there was one on ebay, a '92 claiming a D44. I sent the VIN to Jeep for a build sheet, and sure enough, Dana 44.