RusellFromCanada

SUPER helpful guys. Just had a closer look at the crossmembers and I don't see any reason I can't cut that 1'' and re-weld it back on close to where yours is. Should work fine. Thank you.

Ok. More progress more questions. I've got the transmission mounted up now. My question now is, are one of these crossmembers going to work? They look the same to me. I read that the ax-15 had a 1 inch lower tranny crossmember than the other transmissions. When I went to identify the 2wd transmission i removed from the truck i looked up the ID code ( 53005386 ) and it brought me to a page on this forum identifying it as an ax-15. Is that possible? A 2wd ax-15? Did i just swap my Ax-15 for another ax-15?? If the removed tranny IS an ax-15, I assume the crossmember will work? will I need to find another rubber mount for the 4wd setup or should i be able to use this 2wd mount? It seems like it would have my transmission up rather high, and i don't want to have an unnecessarily straining angles due to me having sourced the wrong crossmember. thanks for any input.

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So i've been trying to get my ax-15 input shaft into my renix 4.0 pilot bearing for a few weeks now. At first I had the wrong size bushing, so when I ordered this new one I made sure to test fit it on the input shaft before installing. Unfortunately, after a few long nights of wiggling the transmission, re-doing my clutch alignment, ect I got fed up and removed the pilot bushing from the motor to confirm that it was not going to fit. As you can see in the pictures, the bushing fits on one way. (backwards from how it was put in the motor) and can not slide down the shaft further than pictured. I assume the size of the bearing slightly changed once it was pressed into the motor. So, solutions. Can i sand out the middle of this bearing to make the input shaft fit? Should i take material from the input shaft instead? Can i re-use this bearing now that its already been squished into there and then removed, or should i order a new bushing? Should i order a different size bearing/bushing to avoid this problem? Thanks in advance. This tranny install has been increasingly frustrating. In hindsight i see i probably could've sanded down the bushing inside of the motor, but a few hours into a frustrating night i had to see just WTF was going on.

Hey guys. I'm trying to put my crossmember back on and i'm a bit confused. As far i can see the bolts / holes circled here are the only ones ill need to repair to mount the crossmember, so what the h*ll are the rest of them for?? Before i spend any more HOURS repairing, drilling, tapping, welding, swearing ect can someone clarify if i'm wasting my time repairing any of the studs other than the ones i've circled? As you can see on the driver side picture i got ahead of myself and repaired a stud, and now I'm not so sure i need the stud there at all. Just need some clarification here and hopefully that will mean i only have one broken stud left to remove (right circled bolt on passenger side) Thank you.

I found it. Thank you all. Just ordered quite a few parts and am looking forward to getting this thing driving.

out of stock :/

Anyone know where I can find this bushing? or whatever bearing I can use. Everywhere is sold out, going to cost a fortune to ship to Canada or won't be here until November as far as I can see. My garage is not heated, I need this truck out of there before November for sure. I'll keep looking but i'm having no luck.

Smart. Thank you.

Unless I'm looking at the wrong part this is a Bronze bushing rather than a roller bearing, is that correct? The one in my truck now is a roller bearing.

Where can i find that manifold? And which pilot bearing is the one i want? I'm confused on that

Thanks for your guy's opinion on the LP/HP dana 30. That will be one of the last steps as far as putting this truck on the road, so we'll see what pops up for sale and make a decision then. Another few questions. my ax-15 is from a 1997 cherokee. Will this mate up to my 87 Renix 4.0? I read that the pilot bearing would not match up? Will it effect which clutch/ flywheel I buy? my exhaust manifold has a crack in it. It's cracked just before where it joins to the full exhaust pipe. I really don't want to buy another manifold, is welding it a bad idea? How much trouble have you guys had pulling these manifolds off?

My MJ does not have a front diff. I am doing a 4wd swap on it. if i were to sell my LP dana 30 i would need to find a new hp dana 30 with matching gears. Seems like too much work if i don't plan to wheel the MJ, no?

I found a guy selling 4.11 axles from a rollover cherokee. He has a dana 30 and a chrysler 8.25 with a spartan locker. I wasn't planning on doing anything more than 31's and some mild offroading BUT I would love a locker and a beefier rear axle for my 98 TJ. So, my question is, can I swap the current axles from my TJ (dana 30 and dana 35) into my comanche? A few searches lead me to believe I can. Then I'm assuming i would need to make perches for my TJ/MJ (8.25 for TJ and dana 35 for MJ) for both rear axles and simply bolt in the front, Correct? Also thank you guys for the advice about the t-case linkage. The guy with the axles has an azzy linkage for sale as well. I won't drive all the way out for just that, but if i go for the axles id pick that up too.

I need the entire t-case linkage. All I have is the t-case but nothing else. no shifter either. I'm in Alberta so I'm not sure what shipping would look like but I'd be interested to find out. I could find the shifter easily at a pick n pull if the linkage is all I need... I'm not familiar with the linkage on these trucks at all.