WaunakeeComancheCrew

Both the pinion and ring gear are missing teeth, and two of the spider gears are missing teeth, and two are just plain missing (shattered) :rotf:

1989 Jeep Comanche 4.0L in-line 6, Manual 4wd, rear axle d35 3.08 Located in Wisconsin Still drives but for now only in 4wd Exterior: purple, Interior: Dark red w/ bench, Floor shift

The vin is 1J7FJ26L8KL546905

Waunakee Highschool, Waunakee, Wisconsin The ring gear and the pinion gear are both missing teeth and don't spin freely also, one of the spider gears shattered and the carrier is damaged from the bits and pieces being churned around in the diff. like a blender, :laughin: Thank you for your generosity, the truck is 4wd, we tried to locate a replacement axle by calling almost all of the junkyards we could find in our state and have had no luck with this 3.08 ratio. We have contemplated the cherokee axle swap but none of us are confident enough in our welding skills to guarantee the welds won't and cause injury to someone down the road. We located a d35 through carpart in iowa which is our best bet so far, I don't know if the current axle will be salvageable, I will take detailed pictures of the internal damage tomorrow morning. Thank you dasbulliwagen, I will get the VIN as soon as I have access to it tomorrow, we definantely appreciate your help! LOL, love the grandpa comment :rotf: , that's the first observation our group said when we saw the truck, and the bug deflector and bed rails were the first items off when we tore this down. Thank you everyone for your help, I never expected such an awesome response in just one day! I will be sure to update this page regularly and post plenty of pictures.

The main problem we are currently trying to resolve is that several years ago former students took the truck for a joyride during winter, did doughnuts in the school parkinglot, and blew out the rear diff. We have been trying to source a new axle assembly and the only axle (dana 35) with the proper ratio (3.08) and the closest one we can find at a junkyard is in Iowa.

We are three highschool students with a yearlong project of fixing our school's autoshop truck. We have made a fair bit of progress and we joined this forum to find answers to Comanche specific questions and to keep track of our progress.