Dodge + Jeep = ?

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Akers87

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Truckee/Tahoe Area

• Apr 16, 2008

• #1

so sometime this summer i am going to hopefully buy a locker and get it installed- in the rear. trouble is, i really dont want to put itin the stock dana 35. are any of you running dodge axles? i just want to beef up the under belly a bit, figured a would also use a dodge transfer case. can all of this be done with a relative amount of ease, as i dont have the best tools at hand in the world.

 

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Kyle

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Northern Ca

• Apr 16, 2008

• #2

Dodge axles? Which axles exactly are you referring to? Also there probably are easier swaps if you look harder. Are you looking for full width or stock width?

 

WaXJ_Skier

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Bellevue, Wa

• Apr 16, 2008

• #3

get a ford 8.8 you'll go through a lot less bs than trying to get a dodge rear end under plus you keep the same bp

 

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Akers87

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Truckee/Tahoe Area

• Apr 16, 2008

• #4

what kind of ford could i find that axle under. is it something that i might find at a pick-n-pull? and what is "bp"?

 

C85D4x4

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Ohio, Brecksville

• Apr 16, 2008

• #5

Akers87 said:

what kind of ford could i find that axle under. is it something that i might find at a pick-n-pull? and what is "bp"?

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Ford Explorer with a solid rear axle, which is the 8.8.

Only grab 1 with disk brakes.......Do not get one with drum brakes
(96-99 I think)

 

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Achmed

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Southeast US

• Apr 16, 2008

• #6

96-01 had disk brakes.

 

WaXJ_Skier

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Bellevue, Wa

• Apr 16, 2008

• #7

Akers87 said:

what kind of ford could i find that axle under. is it something that i might find at a pick-n-pull? and what is "bp"?

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bolt pattern ie you can use the same wheels

 

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Akers87

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Truckee/Tahoe Area

• Apr 16, 2008

• #8

cool, will i have to do much with the leaf spring pirches and driveshaft? also what should i do for a front axel?

 

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outlander

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Columbus,Ohio

• Apr 16, 2008

• #9

you will have to weld perches onto the 8.8 and you will need a yoke adapter.
Do a search it is a very common subject(not being a dick)

 

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Kyle

NAXJA Forum User

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Northern Ca

• Apr 16, 2008

• #10

You could also look for a 87-88 XJ d44 or a post 96 c8.25 both of which will be stronger then your d35 and will bolt right up.

 

T3hk1w1

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Houston

• Apr 16, 2008

• #11

By Dodge axles do you mean Dana axles? that's mostly what Dodge has used.

 

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TiRod

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SW MO

• Apr 16, 2008

• #12

Dodge is using AAM, not Dana, at least on the trucks. Lockers weren't even available for them until lately.

It'll be years longer before enough of them have been modded, abused, and trusted before we know much about them. Ford 8.8 is currently the best deal, if you can find a compatible rear ratio - matching the front ratio is important, not many of us want to run with no front driveshaft because the ratios aren't even close.

 

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89xj

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aston,pa

• Apr 16, 2008

• #13

why not a corp 8.25 with 29 spline from a 97? and up xj. locker choices are limited, but detroit makes a locker for it plus the axle is a direct bolt-on, no mods to the spring perches like the 8.8?