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EazyXJWJ
April 9th, 2009, 10:00
Out of a XJ. It has 3.07 gears. I WANT to re-gear it, but dont have $ money $ right now. Is it possible to throw in some stock gears to match my front 3.55

IF SO, DOES ANY 1 HAVE SOME LAYING AROUND???
1998xj1985
April 9th, 2009, 13:24
possible, might still have the old ones i pulled out of mine + stock LSD, will look around, where you at?
praetorian
April 9th, 2009, 17:34
Where did u pick it up from?
EazyXJWJ
April 9th, 2009, 17:47
Where did u pick it up from?

Fontana.
EazyXJWJ
April 9th, 2009, 17:49
possible, might still have the old ones i pulled out of mine + stock LSD, will look around, where you at?

Carson, but im at San Pedro, Harbor City, Torrance, etc. I GET AROUND. :smoker:
1998xj1985
April 9th, 2009, 19:22
I'll look around and see if I can find them. Might be some surface rust. But probably ok.
Oatmeal
April 9th, 2009, 19:43
Why not just sit on it till you can afford to regear? Unless you can do the install yourself, you'll just be paying someone to do the install again, when you get the gears you want.........just a thought :dunno: ----------Hans
EazyXJWJ
April 9th, 2009, 20:06
Why not just sit on it till you can afford to regear? Unless you can do the install yourself, you'll just be paying someone to do the install again, when you get the gears you want.........just a thought :dunno: ----------Hans

I dont own a house or have storage space. It's sitting INSIDE my WJ as we speak (type). :(
89cherokeexj
April 9th, 2009, 22:22
thats cool you found a 44, I finally got one, and got a smoking deal on it. I'd say a cherokee dana 44, with posi in it for 100 bucks wasn;t too bad of a deal...:cheers:
xcm
April 9th, 2009, 22:24
so, its starting to look like picking up an axle w/ matching gear ratio's would be the best idea... flip the d44 --most don't care about the gearing, as they will re-gear anyway-- and pickup a 29spl 8.25, bolt it in, and be done.
markw
April 9th, 2009, 22:28
If it's geared wrong, it's geared wrong. You still need to do a gear setup, which requires at a minimum shims/seals. I personnally wouldn't re-use the stock bearings either. If you regear it to match your front, you'll regear both later. Someone may have a stock 3.54 laying around but you're going to pay to have it geared twice unless you do it yourself, and being a 44, it can and will be a bear to get the carrier out without a case spreader. Let alone install and remove it 4 or 5 times to check pinion depth, backlash and get a good pattern and preload on the pinion.