Pete M

:thumbsup: Just be sure to double check the gearing.

Club window banners and how to get them can be found here: viewtopic.php?f=3&t=9208 :cheers:

I've changed the "title" in his post. Still hasn't affected the thread tittle. :wall:

I did merge them. But the program apparently took the title of the newer post and no, I can't change it back. It won't let me. :dunno:

So in other words, you're saying that the guy at the junkyard should have a title for it? :brows:

At least the $300 taillight type of people are entertaining. :D My thing is that the junkyard guy simply hadn't followed the rules yet and JT jumped down his throat. That was unnecessary. Need a bit more patience next time.

I forget the width, hopefully someone else has that on hand. As to the spring under/over, it doesn't matter. You'll be burning on new perches with any axle swap. :thumbsup:

That didn't stop me from my last MJ purchase. :D

Yup. But he'd be doing that twice anyways. Who the heck wants 3.31 gearing? :dunno:

I'd only buy the front 44. Then I'd go buy a rear 44 from a ~95ish 6cyl Isuzu Rodeo/Honda Passport. It's a Dana 44 with the same width and bolt pattern as the Waggy, but with disk brakes and a 4.10 or 4.30 ratio already installed. :thumbsup: The only catch is you'll want to install a U-joint flange on it instead of the flat flange.

Nah. I'd really be showing off if I could figure out how to merge the two topics and keep the title of the first thread. :hmm:

I don't have power to do mass PMs. Only mass emails. :dunno:

I'm a big fan of the straight lines with the fittings already attached. :thumbsup: I did that on my '88 MJ when I redid everything. Just bend them to shape and bolt them on (to do the line running from front to back, I joined 3 straight lines together). But that only works if they have the fittings that match the truck. When I converted to the '95 XJ double booster, I had to buy bulk tubing and reuse the fittings from the new and old parts on my '90 MJ. Some gratuitous brake line photos. :D

That's worthwhile enough to add to the suggestions. :thumbsup: Good luck getting people to do it though. No one ever reads the stickies. :shake:

Ummmm. That's certainly a creative thought. :idea: I'll swing that by the sticker guy near me and see if he has any ideas.

Whoops. :doh: Yours wasn't supposed to leave. I've now moved it back. Guess I'm still not an "expert" at merging/splitting. :shake: That's a good point on having prices. I forgot all about that.

Nothing was deleted. I just moved them out of the thread to clean it up. JT, I totally understand your concerns, but the fact remains that I can't force someone to care about MJs, their owners, or this site. I could theoretically force them to post up 25 or 30 posts, but that won't make them care. An example: right now I've got a pair of Bronco axles I want to liquidate (need the money more than I need the 4.88 gears) and the cast wedge design pretty much narrows my potential buying pool to a select few. So I go to a Bronco website that I've been on before back when I owned a 78 Bronco, and my lack of "recent" activity means I have to start from scratch trying to find posts in the tech section that I've got answers too. I gotta tell ya, I don't know a whole lot about the old Broncos, and all the easy questions that I might have answers to are already answered. I don't own a Bronco anymore. It's long gone. Just a memory and a title hanging on the wall. I have no desire to buy another. And it just gets me angry me as I spend my time trying to find productive responses when all I want to to pass the axles on to someone who needs them. If you want to encourage someone to interact with the group, how about sending them a friendly PM? Maybe asking them a question or something? I seriously doubt that someone who wasn't inclined to join our conversations before, is suddenly going to be all gung-ho to share their MJ knowledge after someone rips them a new one in a public venue. :dunno:

Don't sweat it. :thumbsup: Just the other day I said that 2.5Ls have a timing "belt". :yes:

For that price I'd be looking into making a custom mount. :ack: Maybe try to fit an AX-15 mount somehow? Not sure if they share any common bolt dimensions though. Probably not. :( Heck, for that price I'd be looking into swapping in the entire AX-15. :yes:

Oh snap, you did NOT just say that. :doh: All MJ leafs are the same length, regardless of bed size (or payload or number of powered wheels). :thumbsup: But he is right on the other stuff. Metric Ton models will have a bit stiffer springs, and 4wd models sit about an inch higher than 2wd.

With having done zero scientific research on this, I prefer hub-centric because the center hub shares the loads with the lugs. :thumbsup:

I've thought about that too. Mostly because it'd give more ground clearance. But I'm not going to do it until I can get a Hi-9 diff in the back. :D Matching your front driveshaft is a great idea. I hadn't thought of that. :thumbsup:

Make sure you get TJ rims and not the JK rims (unless you're planning on running spacer/boltpattern adapters).

I demand to see the pile of cash!! :bowdown:

Please don't spend any money trying to rebuild a Dana 35. The axle is so weak that it may fail again in short order. :(