shimer

Yeah, a friend of mine who has had a few XJs told me the T-case thing. As for the suspension, it sags all the way around. The truck has tow bar mounts, so I have a feeling the suspension saw a lot more use than the rest of the truck. I'm not locked into a particular tire size. We have a few sets of rims laying around, so I can do 15s or 16s. The Wrangler rims look nice, though. I just want to keep the tires skinny so that they will cut down through the snow. I also do a fair bit of wheeling on the weekends, so I do want to get it up a bit.

Ok, that all makes sense. I was under the presumption that the reason for the vacuum front axle disconnect was that the older 231s didn't actually disconnect the front driveshaft, is this not the case? If doing the SOA really is that big I'll probebly buy some rear springs and keep it SUA. The MJ came on 245/75R16s, off of a Wrangler, and they don't rub too bad as bald as they are. It is a bit of a dog. Maybe I'll just buy the same size tires for now and lift it 3"-4.5". But if I don't have to swap the T-case that makes the axle swap a whole lot easier. Thanks

Hi everybody! So, I have an '88 MJ Shortbed with 4.0L, puegot 5sp., 231 t-case, D35 rear axle, D30 front. I also have my sister's '99 XJ with a smashed up front clip. My brother and I swapped the motor into another XJ that was missing a motor, so I have the rest. Pretty much everything behind the radiator is ok. The '99 has 4.0L, AW4, 231J (I think), 8.25" rear axle, D30 front. What I want to do is swap the axles, and lift the MJ. Due to the different axle gear ratios, between the 5sp. and auto, and silly vacuum disconnect on my D30, I feel the need to swap both axles and do a rear SOA. My understanding is that, due to differing spline counts, the 231J will NOT mate to my puegot. I don't want to switch to the AW4, so does that leave me looking for an AX/15? My other quicker option; lift the MJ without the axle swap. Do the SOA with the D35, and swap out the axles later. I don't plan on running more than 33" tires and it is my Daily Driver, so everything has to be done on the weekends ready to drive on Mondays. My immediate goal is to get new tires on it before the snow starts falling up here in the high rockies because the tires are starting to look like drag slicks. Does this make sense to anyone? I'm really just looking for affirmation so I feel like I know what I'm doing before this can-o-worms gets opened up. Thanks! Shimer