My friend gave me a Dana 30 carrier with 4:10 ring attached and matching pinion. The only problem i see is that it is a High pinion model from an 87 or so. I've got a 97 xj, which as far as i know has the standard Dana 30 front axle. So i guess here is the question, can i use it? Possibly just the ring and pinion? or do i have a huge 20lb paperweight. If not, its going on eBay tomorrow
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Question about a Dana 30 High pinion
- Thread starter ZMfx
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bjoehandley
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- WeGo, Chi-Town, Ill
Yours should be a high pinion in that truck, my '98 is. I think they went to the low pinion in '99 or '00, but somebody will probably have to correct me on that.
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- Coshocton, OH
sounds about rightbjoehandley said:
red91
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ZMfx said:
gears should be alright...i took one from a 98 and am going to dump it in my 91...you should be good to go. If yours is a vacum disconnect then...gears only IIRC...if you DON't have a vacum disconnect...use the whole thing.
bjoehandley
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- WeGo, Chi-Town, Ill
Good point, forgot about the Vaccum Disco!
Yucca-Man
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- Castle Rock, CO
Expect it to be loud...the gears will have work-hardened themselves to the old axle and you're going to have them constantly turning but with slightly different tolerances. At least you didn't get used rear gears...right?
hummm interesting. I didn’t know gears could work harden? As for the rear, haven’t gotten the gears for it yet. I was planning on trying to find a used pair, that is if i could. Hard to find used 4:10's in a chry 8.25. If used gears will be loud, or troublesome, I’ll just have to get a new set.
anyone have a labor estimate on having them installed... i don’t have a lot of experience with differentials, better have an expert work on them to get the ring position correct.
anyone have a labor estimate on having them installed... i don’t have a lot of experience with differentials, better have an expert work on them to get the ring position correct.
westsacxj
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- west sacramento
99 still uses HP
kubtastic
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- Tacoma, WA
ZMfx said:
anywhere from $150 to $400. Low end is your friend spending the better part of a day in his garage, and the other is having an overpriced shop take car of it.
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rstarch345
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Even new gears can be noisy. I had new Chrysler 4.10 put in my 8 1/4 and when you let off the accelerator they wine like a Duce-n-half. After 3000 miles on them, they haven't changed much. From what I'm told, it's not an uncommon problem. Got the gears from Randy's.ZMfx said:
Yucca-Man
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- Castle Rock, CO
For the C8.25, that sounds pretty common unfortunately.rstarch345 said:
