FitchVA
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- Roanoke, VA
went for a little saturday drive yesterday. sometimes i just like riding through used car lots just to look.
well i stumbled across this little xj:
looked at the vin and saw it was an '87. cool. guess i'll check out the rear axle...
why yello thar. :wave:
dude told me he'd sell it for $1k. i bet if i waved $800 in his face he'd take it.
so i could go 2 ways with this. buy it, swap the d44 w/ my 8.25 and resell the '87. or buy it, swap the d44 w/ my 8.25, then use the '87 as my little commuter to buzz around town in.
but my question, is it worth the hassle? i have the 29 spline 8.25 which i'm told and have read that it's only marginally weaker than the 44. but it has c-clips right? and i've been told that they're a tad harder to setup gears correctly. this interests me cause i'm gonna soon regear from my stocker gears to something that will sute my 32's more. whatcha think?
well i stumbled across this little xj:
![87XJ_01.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Ffilebox.vt.edu%2Fusers%2Fsfitchet%2Fpics%2Fjeep%2F87XJ_01.jpg&hash=4fad94e583b848dad58455411921152f)
looked at the vin and saw it was an '87. cool. guess i'll check out the rear axle...
![87XJ_02.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Ffilebox.vt.edu%2Fusers%2Fsfitchet%2Fpics%2Fjeep%2F87XJ_02.jpg&hash=2db1d8284ee04d5dcd87083e4bd2cdac)
why yello thar. :wave:
dude told me he'd sell it for $1k. i bet if i waved $800 in his face he'd take it.
so i could go 2 ways with this. buy it, swap the d44 w/ my 8.25 and resell the '87. or buy it, swap the d44 w/ my 8.25, then use the '87 as my little commuter to buzz around town in.
but my question, is it worth the hassle? i have the 29 spline 8.25 which i'm told and have read that it's only marginally weaker than the 44. but it has c-clips right? and i've been told that they're a tad harder to setup gears correctly. this interests me cause i'm gonna soon regear from my stocker gears to something that will sute my 32's more. whatcha think?