which axle is this.

[anewlife84]

i couldnt place my axle so here is a pic of it. the diameter looks to be about three inches and the circumference is 9.75 on the axle tube.
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k11/anewlife84/axle.jpg

[Menzenski]

Chrysler 8.25". Notice that flat 'lip' on the bottom of the housing? That's the easy way to tell it from a Dana 35 at a glance.

[wall04]

What year is your jeep? Those come in 27 and 29 spline count (if that matters).

[anewlife84]

its a 95

[savage1978]

Probobly a 27 spline then (95). I think you can upgrade it to 29spline with 29 spline axles and a new carrier (29 spline chrysler 8.25 approaches the dana 44 in strength).

[Jess]

27 spline until mid 96...then 29

[5-90]

The goofy rubber plug is also a giveaway - Dana covers tend to come with drilled/tapped holes, and they use a 1/2" NPT pipe plug.

I'm not sure if the ChryCo cover can be easily converted - but it's worth looking into. Those rubber plugs want replacing at intervals, as they get harder over time and exposure to road crud and gear oil...

If you can't replace it with a pipe plug, you may want to stock up on those plugs as spares. Keep them in a Ziploc bag somewhere dark - UV light tends to deteriorate rubber as well...

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[90xj06]

did the 90 come with that axle?

[langer1]

did the 90 come with that axle?

No.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/langer1/jeep/FSM/1.jpg

[90xj06]

im going to have to get a picture of it and post them here.

[langer1]

im going to have to get a picture of it and post them here.

Its either a Model 35 or 44 a 1990 was built by AMC.

[5-90]

Its either a Model 35 or 44 a 1990 was built by AMC.

Half marks. ChryCo bought out AMC, as I recall, in mid- to late-1988 - but they continued to build to AMC specs until the beginning of the 1991MY (When the HO came around, the #7120 head was released, and the ChryCo electronics were added.) I'm inclined to think the actualy buyout was 8/88, but I'd have to look it up to make sure...

The D44 was around in limited quantities in 1987 and 1988, but I'm not altogether sure about later.

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[Menzenski]

did the 90 come with that axle?
1990 XJs only had a D35; no other axle was offered. MJs of that year could have a D44 though.

[Menzenski]

I'm inclined to think the actualy buyout was 8/88, but I'd have to look it up to make sure...
The date of the Chrysler buyout of AMC was August 5th, 1987.

(I only know that offhand since it happened two days after I was born).

[langer1]

The date of the Chrysler buyout of AMC was August 5th, 1987.

(I only know that offhand since it happened two days after I was born).

I'm sure thats true but they carried the AMC badge and logos until 1991.

[Eagle]

I'm sure thats true but they carried the AMC badge and logos until 1991.
Not only that, but my '88 XJ was ordered late in 1987 and delivered the last week of January 1988. ALL paperwork says AMC/Jeep, and the warranty was the AMC 1 year/12,000 miles warranty, not the Chryco 5/50k.

There may have been a handshake in August of 1987, but the vehicles didn't start coming with Chryco documentation and the signs on the dealerships didn't change until approximately March of 1988, so as far as I'm concerned, that's when the sale was finalized.

[5-90]

Eh. Either way, I was off...

I honestly think that AMC should have held on - I think it would have been interesting to see what they would have come up with after the MJ. Seems to me they were starting to turn around after the XJ and MJ came out (althought I may be wrong there as well...) and hanging on to Jeep might have saved AMC.

Either way, I think that keeping Jeep might have saved AMC, and they had some pretty damn good ideas. As an automaker, I think they were rather underrated - and they were also rather independent (which would have made for interesting challenges for the "Big Three" 'makers, otherwise.)

I'm really not happy with what DCX has been doing to Jeep - the Jeep marque may have been able to recover from Chrysler, but I don't think it's going to recover from Dr. Z - with his IFS, I4 "Compass" with FWD. Damn thing seems to be the bastard child of a Liberty and a Voyager...

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[lawsoncl]

The goofy rubber plug is also a giveaway - Dana covers tend to come with drilled/tapped holes, and they use a 1/2" NPT pipe plug.
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The later D35s have the rubber butt plug. My 95 YJ had a rubber plug and the wifes 93 ZJ has a rubber plug. I was going to swap a cover with the pipe plug onto the ZJ, but the hole on the ZJs c-clip axle cover was high up.

[5-90]

The later D35s have the rubber butt plug. My 95 YJ had a rubber plug and the wifes 93 ZJ has a rubber plug. I was going to swap a cover with the pipe plug onto the ZJ, but the hole on the ZJs c-clip axle cover was high up.

This illustrated why accounting and engineering are incompatible disciplines...

"Rubber butt plug" - I like that.

I don't supposed you noted whether or not the hole was threaded anyhow, did you? Just wondering...

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[langer1]

AMC is now AM General, AMC never sold their government contracts and partnered with General Motors as AM General.

[90xj06]

well i ask because i have a rubber plug too.

[lawsoncl]

This illustrated why accounting and engineering are incompatible disciplines...

"Rubber butt plug" - I like that.

I don't supposed you noted whether or not the hole was threaded anyhow, did you? Just wondering...

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The hole is not threaded, just a stamped hole. The rubber plugs always seem to weep a little gear oil all the time. I think maybe they went to the rubber plugs in the D35 when they switched to c-clip, but I'm not sure.

[Menzenski]

I think maybe they went to the rubber plugs in the D35 when they switched to c-clip, but I'm not sure.
I think they did. My 90 is c-clipped and has that rubber plug.