supershale
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Texas
Just picked up this piece for five hundies. '94 2.5l 2wd 5sp 189k
You'll have to bare with me, I've only learnt Fords and Hondas, so Jeeps are new to me. So far, Iv'e been happy with ease of maintenance and access to key areas (spark plugs for instance, damn all fords for that). It runs strong, has even compression, but there are few kinks. The rear end, the 8.25, is humming. It sounds like it's coming from the middle, and only makes the noise under positive torque (gassing it). It goes away when you cruise, or when you declerate. I'm guessing bearings and gears will need to be replaced. I'll be moving to Colorado, and I'm thinking POSI would be nice to have since it snows a lot and all I have is 2wd.
Should I:
1. Rebuild the rear end in my carport, yes carport, because I have all the basic tools (sockets, wrenches) and I can probably borrow the specialty tools I don't have from the local Oreily's.
2. Pay a local shop $200 labor to rebuild the rear end because I'm a noob and I'll probably fudge the whole deal.
a. Go with a posi, because 2wd open diff is the anti-jeep.
b. Go cheap with the sand because...it's cheaper..
So option 1a, 2a, 1b, 2b. Please also suggest brands to stay away from, and brands to go with for the replacement gears and LSD. I'm an e-bay'er, so please guide me well. Also, what would my spline count and gear ratio be? Thank you for help with my first post. Please learnt me good. :wierd:
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