Quick answer needed!

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CJHVN

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Minnesota

• Jan 24, 2005

• #1

What's the easiest way to tell if I have a 35 or 8.25 rear axle on my 92 XJ?

I've looked at pictures, but they look very similar.....

thanks!

 

Geepfreak

NAXJA Forum User

Location

The Shop.....

• Jan 24, 2005

• #2

flat looking bottom= 8.25
More round/oblong shape=35

 

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CJHVN

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Minnesota

• Jan 24, 2005

• #3

The cover looks pretty flat from the rear, does that mean it's a 8.25?

Thanks for the reply!

 

JeepXJ93

NAXJA Forum User

Location

CT

• Jan 24, 2005

• #4

Someone correct me if i'm wrong, but i think the 8.25 only comes w/ a rubber drain plug as opposed to the actual threaded plug that you need to use a socket wrench to undo in the 35's and 30's. Thats a pretty easy thing to spot

 

Eagle

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NAXJA Member

Location

Terra Firma

• Jan 24, 2005

• #5

The ñater D35s have a rubber plug, too.

By flat bottom, it's not the cover that's referred to but the housing. The D35 housing is oval on the bottom, following the profile of the oval cover. The 8.25 has an oval cover, but the bottom of the housing has a very pronounced flat "bar" about 6" long below the bottom edge of the cover flange.

 

Matthew Currie

NAXJA Member #760

Location

Vermont, land of big clay

• Jan 25, 2005

• #6

Here's another quick way. Take a hubcap off. The indentation on the axle end of the 35 is like a figure 8 or an hourglass. The indentation on the 8.25 has the long sides parallel, the short ends convex.

 

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mrb502

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Location

ft. myers fl

• Jan 26, 2005

• #7

i belive the 8.25 is 3'' thick and the 35 is only 2.5'' thick