JeepcoMJ Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 confirming that xj/tj coil buckets and CA mounts are the same. I could build you a truss, or at least cut out a template for you as well. you'll want it professionally welded on if you have no experience with welding to cast. There are guys in my club with Welders/Experience that I could goto for help... I was looking at some of the "pre-fab" Trusses out there by a few vendors and some get pretty $$$ I'm still trying to decide if I want to go "Cheap" and get a Lo Pinion TJ Axle and not have to switch R/P, or get the Free Hi Pinion Axle and spend the $$$ on the new R&P... I think I should probably truss either way... And will obviously need a new tie rod as well... Wade go hp and you won't regret it. plus idk how long you've been running your current gears, but the longer they've run the more they've worn and the harder it is to set the gears in a new axle, so it stands to make sense that it's time to upgrade. anyways, I owe you and I will be trussing my hp30 this week so if you wish I will make a second truss and also make you some LCA axle-side bracket skids/reinforcements that you will just have to weld on or have welded on. the truss would be two walls made of 1/4" diamond plate that's welded back to back with a ridge on top to cap them off, and will go between the UCA mounts and then one shorty for the axle side. I've got a disco 30 so I'll leave a bit of extra material on the pass. side UCA bracket which you will be able to grind down to fit (if they don't fit perfectly in...they will be close to perfect). I can even plasma cut your name in as SWII if you wish. -Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperWade2 Posted March 30, 2009 Author Share Posted March 30, 2009 confirming that xj/tj coil buckets and CA mounts are the same. I could build you a truss, or at least cut out a template for you as well. you'll want it professionally welded on if you have no experience with welding to cast. There are guys in my club with Welders/Experience that I could goto for help... I was looking at some of the "pre-fab" Trusses out there by a few vendors and some get pretty $$$ I'm still trying to decide if I want to go "Cheap" and get a Lo Pinion TJ Axle and not have to switch R/P, or get the Free Hi Pinion Axle and spend the $$$ on the new R&P... I think I should probably truss either way... And will obviously need a new tie rod as well... Wade go hp and you won't regret it. plus idk how long you've been running your current gears, but the longer they've run the more they've worn and the harder it is to set the gears in a new axle, so it stands to make sense that it's time to upgrade. anyways, I owe you and I will be trussing my hp30 this week so if you wish I will make a second truss and also make you some LCA axle-side bracket skids/reinforcements that you will just have to weld on or have welded on. the truss would be two walls made of 1/4" diamond plate that's welded back to back with a ridge on top to cap them off, and will go between the UCA mounts and then one shorty for the axle side. I've got a disco 30 so I'll leave a bit of extra material on the pass. side UCA bracket which you will be able to grind down to fit (if they don't fit perfectly in...they will be close to perfect). I can even plasma cut your name in as SWII if you wish. -Pat Let me decide for sure what i'm going to do before you go plasma cutting my name into anything.... Maybe I'll just pull the D30 from my MJ and leave it on blocks for a while and won't engage 4wd on the TJ since the R&P would be different :idea: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtdesigns Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
86FUBAR Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 I got a hp 30 out of a 88 cherokie u can have u just have to come down and get it , it is a disco but there has been much debate on wether it is weaker than a non-disco . iv read / herd they are equal but i :dunno: . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperWade2 Posted March 31, 2009 Author Share Posted March 31, 2009 I got a hp 30 out of a 88 cherokie u can have u just have to come down and get it , it is a disco but there has been much debate on wether it is weaker than a non-disco . iv read / herd they are equal but i :dunno: . Well, I'm going to go look to see what the guy in my club has, and will let you know if I don't find something I can use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvusse Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 The link between the two half shafts supposedly makes a weak point, but you can swap in a single piece shaft. The housing should be stronger as it is braced around the disco. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperWade2 Posted April 1, 2009 Author Share Posted April 1, 2009 My FREE HP D30 (non-disco)...not sure what year it was out of, and it actually still had the LCA's/springs/shocks/steering (tierod/draglink still on it)... The only thing the guy said he might want back is the Knuckles and Calipers, but he didn't even seem too worried about those Not sure how I'm going to get it out of the truck by myself, but it'll probably sit there for a couple days...might gut the thing in the bed of the MJ and then get a buddy to help lift it into the garage... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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