Dana 35 w/super 35 kit. Your choice of gears.

[badgeye]

I have a Dana 35 out of a Cherokee. It has a Superior Axle Super 35 kit with Detroit Locker. Right now it has 3:55 gears, but if you buy a new set of gears and have them shipped to me with an install kit, I will install them for you. The housing has been thoroughly steam cleaned and will be painted black. I can move the shock mounts up on the axle if you wish. The brake shoes are about 35 or 40%. If you want to buy new shoes, I will install them and surface the drums. I live in Bakersfield and there is a 4 wheel parts here, so if you wanted to charge the parts, I can pick them up here. I can deliver within reason if you pay for the fuel, or I can bring with me to the Rock'n XJ Jamboree at JV, but that will mean you need to get me the parts ASAP. If you have any questions about my work you can talk to Richard Gauthier (Goatman) I do his gears. I am asking $800 for the axle. This could be a pretty good ready to bolt in upgrade for your XJ. You can call me at work, six six one-204-6040 or p.m. me for more info.

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[swbooking]

LOL, $800 for a D35???

sorry but you can get a D44 and bolt it in with alloys for much less...

[badgeye]

That may be true, but it won't have a detroit, and you will still need to gear it. Mitchell time to change r&p on this diff is 5.9 hrs. My shop charges $89.00 an hour. Thats $525.00 for gear labor alone. The cheapest I have found the Super 35 kit is about $800.00 plus I am willing to move the shock mounts and do the brakes including surface the rotors. If someone is interested and wants to talk about the price, i'm all ears.

[XJ_ranger]

LOL, $800 for a D35???

sorry but you can get a D44 and bolt it in with alloys for much less...

A locked, alloyed D44, for less than $800, (include, tax, shipping, handling, and necessart driveshaft modification in your estimate when you internet shop and find the 'best price' on something too...)? Cant be done...

If you have a problem with someone's price... Dont buy it!

Why would you go out of your way to post that someone's price is too much for what you would pay?

[swbooking]

A locked, alloyed D44, for less than $800, (include, tax, shipping, handling, and necessart driveshaft modification in your estimate when you internet shop and find the 'best price' on something too...)

If you have a problem with someone's price... Dont buy it!

Why would you go out of your way to post that someone's price is too much for what you would pay?
Why would YOU go out of your way to post this?

To the OP: Truthfully , I would suggest Craigslist. I think that will be your best bet on selling it.

[Phil]

Looks like a good price to me for a Detroit, geared, alloyed, bolt-in axle.

I think if you welded on a light truss it'd be a good axle and great deal up to 33s or more.

[silverslk]

If you have a problem with someone's price... Dont buy it!

Why would you go out of your way to post that someone's price is too much for what you would pay?

Because this is the SOCAL chapter and we look out for eachother in here. If a NOOB ran across this and thought it was a good idea, at least someone would care to warn them.

[crazyjim]

Because this is the SOCAL chapter and we look out for eachother in here. If a NOOB ran across this and thought it was a good idea, at least someone would care to warn them.
BOOM!!!!

[Phil]

So that makes me a NOOB then?

[crazyjim]

A locked, alloyed D44, for less than $800, (include, tax, shipping, handling, and necessart driveshaft modification in your estimate when you internet shop and find the 'best price' on something too...)? Cant be done...



Also... adding to this, you're factoring in NEW prices on things, notice this is a USED axle with a USED detroit and USED everything else. Not to mention the "your choice of gears" is dependent on YOU buying the gears, read his post. Otherwise, you'll have 3.55's like every other XJ out there. If you're telling me, you can't lock a D44, and get alloy shafts for less then $800, then you sir, are a horrible shopper.

I'd be willing to bet, buying used parts, and getting people in socal to help me out, I could build an equivelent D44 for relatively cheap. Not to mention, alloy D35 shafts are probably still weaker than a D44 stock shaft :laugh:

[cal]

A locked, alloyed D44, for less than $800, (include, tax, shipping, handling, and necessart driveshaft modification in your estimate when you internet shop and find the 'best price' on something too...)? Cant be done...

I did it.


To the OP, I'd grab a TJ35 housing, drop this stuff in it and sell it on Ebay to get the best possible price.

The XJ community (particularly around naxja) has a bad taste for dana 35's.

[silverslk]

So that makes me a NOOB then?

No. I would hope not. haha

But you KNOW what a D35 is.....a NOOB, DOES NOT. You even said in your response "up to 33's". IF someone who DIDN'T know picked this up thinking it was bulletproof and then slapped some 35's or something on their rig and hit JV what would happen?:sure:

[XJ_ranger]

No. I would hope not. haha

But you KNOW what a D35 is.....a NOOB, DOES NOT. You even said in your response "up to 33's". IF someone who DIDN'T know picked this up thinking it was bulletproof and then slapped some 35's or something on their rig and hit JV what would happen?:sure:

If they were a noob, they wouldn't know where anything at JV is, and probably wouldn't have any problem at all on Means dry lake...

:D :D

[Goatman]

Som' bitch guys. For the right person, who doesn't have access to gear set up's or cheap junkyard D44's, and could use a bolt in axle that's locked, geared, and has alloy 30 spline shafts, this isn't a bad deal at all. There's still a bunch of folks that don't want to wheel hardcore trails and risk body damage and are running 31-33" tires, and want to run stuff like Big Bear and the Rubicon. This axle would work well for them and is a simple bolt in deal. Why pound on a guy who's just trying to sell somethng? You guys did know that a Super 35 kit comes with alloy 30 spline (D44 size, yet stronger) axle shafts, right?

BTW, the seller has done a ton of work on my own XJ and buggy, and will be in JV at the Rockin' XJ Jamboree. He also just did the gear change from 4.56's to 5.13's on my buggy for KOH (for free), and is on the Team NAXJA KOH crew. So, how about cutting him some slack and let him sell something to the person who might need it.

[cal]

BTW, the seller has done a ton of work on my own XJ and buggy, and will be in JV at the Rockin' XJ Jamboree. He also just did the gear change from 4.56's to 5.13's on my buggy for KOH (for free), and is on the Team NAXJA KOH crew. So, how about cutting him some slack and let him sell something to the person who might need it.


I knew who he was, and wasn't giving shit at all .. just trying to offer advice to get the best coin out of his gear. =)

(Yeah, I know that doesnt hold true for everyone..)

[xjjeeper19]

What ratio is that carrier for?

[badgeye]

This carrier currently has 3:55 gears. It is for 3:55 and numerically higher gear ratios.

[xL8 APEKSx]

I think people over-react about the D35's being worthless. Are they the weakest available for the XJ? Yes. Are they made out of paper mache? No.

I've done John Bull a few times now, open/D30 and open/D35 and 3.55's, un-assisted and un-broken. Granted, to some on here, that's a "mild" trail. But unless you're building a rig to run the Hammers...or you just mindlessly plow through crap with your right foot planted on the throttle...I'm starting to get the impression that as long as you know how to drive, the D35 is fine at 33's and under for the VAST majority of trails in SoCal (and elsewhere for that matter).

I know, I know...lock it and it will break like a toothpick, yadda yadda. I've heard it a million times. ;)

That being said...asking price IS too much for a used setup. They can be had under $1k new (Super 35 kit w/ Detroit Locker.)

That being said...shame on Chrysler for selling a station wagon with 4WD and marketing it as an SUV. ;)

[crazyjim]

I think people over-react about the D35's being worthless. Are they the weakest available for the XJ? Yes. Are they made out of paper mache? No.

I've done John Bull a few times now, open/D30 and open/D35 and 3.55's, un-assisted and un-broken. Granted, to some on here, that's a "mild" trail. But unless you're building a rig to run the Hammers...or you just mindlessly plow through crap with your right foot planted on the throttle...I'm starting to get the impression that as long as you know how to drive, the D35 is fine at 33's and under for the VAST majority of trails in SoCal (and elsewhere for that matter).

I know, I know...lock it and it will break like a toothpick, yadda yadda. I've heard it a million times. ;)

That being said...asking price IS too much for a used setup. They can be had under $1k new (Super 35 kit w/ Detroit Locker.)

That being said...shame on Chrysler for selling a station wagon with 4WD and marketing it as an SUV. ;)
If you've got an '01 like in your sig, and that's the rig you're talking about, you've got an 8.25 not a D35.

[xL8 APEKSx]

If you've got an '01 like in your sig, and that's the rig you're talking about, you've got an 8.25 not a D35.

Negative, ghost rider. It's a D35 from the factory!

[xcm]

must have come equiped with abs?

[badgeye]

That being said...asking price IS too much for a used setup. They can be had under $1k new (Super 35 kit w/ Detroit Locker.)



The super 35 kit (30 spline alloy shafts) came out of a vehicle that was used once for a hunting trip. The owners wife then decided that she could not live with the street manners of the vehicle and asked me to remove it. The people who are bitching about the price are obviously able to do their own work and have never paid for a gear change before, besides, I never said the price was not negotiable !!

[xL8 APEKSx]

must have come equiped with abs?

Yes. ABS car. Arrrrrgh. I'm thinking about pulling the plug on the ABS...but I'd feel guilty doing that unless it started giving me problems first.

ABS on rear drums. Talk about polishing a turd. !!!1

PS...hunting? This is SoCal, not the Ozarks! haha!

[builder]

Lot's of people in cali hunt.That's what i use my rig for, that and exploring. not everyone runs hardcore trails and needs huge tires.x2 on a good deal for the right person. oh and i have a d35 lol and with smaller tires, not a problem.