88stroker

the donor is an 89 cherokee wagoneer which is an xj sorry didnt have time to get a pic while it was still light. long day today. hopefully by this weekend i can get a minute

i have pics of the diff but the tags are too hard to see. i mean the pics are pretty good for a cell camera to be honest I'm starting to think that someone got the tags mixed up. do the dana 30 and 44 have the same diff cover? i just don't have time right now to open the cover and look I'm crazy busy with church and work right now plus I'm remodeling my house and a million other things. should be able to open it up on thursday and have a look see. was gonna try to go see a buddy that day to get him going on my long arm bracketts so i can get my three link set up and put this axle in there. anyways guys sorry I'm so slow I'm sure your all curious to see what the deal is. if i have a minute tomorrow ill crack the diff but i gotta move about 30 6x24 glue lam beams after work tomorrow. as if building houses all day wasnt enough now i build one after work! :headpop: I'm sure you all neede to know that ok tomorrow ill post up if i can :eek:

ok and here's the numbers on the front diff tag 8953005004 3 54 46 with the same sapcing . the jeep is an 88 or 89 wagoneer that has been in the field at my inlaws for several years when ipulled it out and got it runnung but it makes a better donor in my book

ok here's the pics ok [picture of the two tags and the diff my manche and the donor and the manche with the 2 wheel drive axle pulled

ok about the lube.....not to be lame but its short for lubrication and a friction midifier is to add extra "lube"rication but who cares you call it lube i call it diff oil i live in stevinson california population 200 i don't claim to be all knowing I'm gonna get you a pic right now of the tag as far as limited slip being better is it better tahn open diff? cause i don't buy lockers for my stuff! if its that tight of a fit i don't belong there i built a tj for a buddy that had a custom home brew long arm setup on it that would leave behind the rubicon that our friend wheeled with but he was a really bad driver so we called it the boobicon anyways let me go take some pics and get em uploaded 8)

you say its a friction modifier? does that sound like a special lube to anyone else? if you buy it at napa it comes in a white tube about 4 oz. or so maybe more.....ive changed gear oil before. the point of the post is are lsd's anygood offroad and it sounds to me like they are if you ride the brake a little. thats all i was looing for

mine has 2 tags on it one like you said that is bolted from one bolt to another labeling the gearing and then one that is a tag under only one bolt that said use special lsd lube. which is as i said identical to the tags on the rear dana 44 which i know has a lsd and identical to my dodge diesel with a dana 80 which i know has a lsd. which led me to believe i had somehow gotten a factory lsd front. guess on wednesday or thursday I'm gonna have top pop the cover to satisfy the old curiosity. ill keep you posted. i have a pic of the diff but both tags arent visible enough to make it worth posting. ill get a better one and also one with a close up of the tags. anyways you guys know how amc is about this stuff.

maybe i was jumping to conclusions... the rear has a lsd and my dodge has an lsd and the easy way to tell usually is they say to use a special oil for limited slips on the diff tag. well i saw this tag on the front diff and thought"well cool lsd up front" maybe I'm wrong.....could just be a special lube for the high pinion. also this is a non disco axle. i guess i could open it up to find out. on another note i have a question doe the axle shafts on the dana 30 have some sort of dust shield at the axle tubes or are my seals just crazy dry. i didnt stop and look real close to see what i was looking at but thought id ask

i was working on pulling my donor axles yesterday and noticed that the front h.p. dana 30 has the lsd tag on it. I'm not quite sure what a limited slip works like offroad. i know they work ok for street racing but will they really give any advantage offroad?.....or rather does a front lsd work very well? not planning on changing it if not just curious is all :nuts:

man thanks so much. been trying to get this goin for a long time. atleast now i can work on the lift while I'm getting the stroker done. gives me something to do while I'm saving money ;) maybe i should rob a bank or something to pay for my jeep habit. or do like congress does and start a bill for increased education and add in a jeep fund earmark...think the president would veto it? anyways thanks again

are your shocks 30 years old? that would be a good bit of info :brows: what they are trying to say is that shocks can wear out and cause a very rough ride because your suspension will have no travel also check your control arm bushings. my cousin have an xj that went around with a busted upper control arm for a year until i rode in it and told him that he had a problem. after i fixed it he said..."wow these jeeps really do ride nice don't they" what a nerd! anyways check your suspension top to bottom. also what size rim are you running? if your running 20's i don't want to hear you complain :D

well i don't really need the directions......the only real question i have is how the heck do you know where the brackets go!!!! i keep reading these write ups and looking at the pics but no one says where the brackets go! i think they go just forward of the cross member but not all crossmembers are the same. does rk provide a measurement for their placement or am i way overthinking this and now i sound like a total moron(highly likely) i just keep wondering exactly where they go. everytime i have done an rk kit with my buddy at creasey offroad he had already had the brackets on and i have just hooked up the rest. i know it sounds really lame that i didnt pay more attention but now I'm 2 states away and i don't have his # soooo. mini a little help here bro and ill leave you alone(promise) also have more pics of the project going up soon as i can get a minute

hey thanks a ton mini i should be able to do it with those pics also Motion don't worry about not being able to hook me up ill find a way around it thats what we jeepers do......thanks to mini here i have the pics and i can take those in and have them fabbed up. looke like my project will be rolling again. just got my donor towed to the house yesterday and am halfway done pulling the hp dana30. then i gotta fab some new brackets for the leafs. might have my laser cutter buddy copy the ube that mini used. looks easy enough. thanks again guys for all your help Motion one last request..... can you get me a set of directions for the rk kit? i know it sounds lame but ive don't like 3 rk kits and the directions are really good. I really appreciate anything you can do

the reason i ask about the rk kit is i have half of it and they won't sell me the other half so I'm left buying a whole new kit.....yeah right any pics would be way cool

those are both cool designs....man I'm lame my idea wasnt near as cool.