Rearend

[seebold]

can anybody tell me if this an dana35 by the looks of it? I got one hell of a noise coming from it. I never messed a whole lot with differential.

 

[89eliminator]

that be a turdy 5

[seebold]

Well it looks as if my turdy5 needs help

[seebold]

Any ideas on what to do first? i think it is the pinion gear

[Dave Stark]

Looks like a good time to upgrade to the D44. :bowdown:

[Geonovast]

Don't put any money into it.

 

Even if you don't upgrade to a beefier axle, you can get a whole other D35 for cheaper than it would be to fix yours.

[pilotblake]

D35s are everywhere, find one with your gear ratio and go. Or if you are lucky enough to find a D44 now is a good time. Other options exist as well. I have a D35 behind a v8 and with mild wheeling has held up (knock on wood) I am hoping to have located a d44 before mine does finally lose the good fight. Exploder 8.8 is next on the list.

[seebold]

Well i wish i could upgrade but moneys tight so i must replace the ring and pinion I have it all toar apart and i can not get my axle's out ther are no c clips the little gear on the axle just slips off the spline on the axle How do you pull them out I drove the drift pin out and removed the two gears and the shaft but the other gears just slide off

[Geonovast]

D35 wasn't a C-clip axle until 1991.

 

You have to pull all the brake stuff off, there's a plate holding the wheel bearing in. Pull the 4 nuts holding that off, and then you should be able to yank the shaft out.

 

As for "just replacing the ring and pinion" You don't just take those out and bolt new ones in. They have do be shimmed, and set up properly, which if you don't know how to do yourself, it can cost upward of almost a thousand dollars to have done.

 

Go get yourself an XJ D35 and have new perches burned on. Shouldn't run you more than $100 for everything that way. I'm sure someone near you has a d35 they want out of their hair.

[Pete M]

Yup, early Dana 35s were not a C-clip design. :thumbsup:

 

do you know how to set up gears?

 

 

if you broke your gears, chances are good that the housing is bent and you'll break the next set also. Do not spend money to fix that axle. Go find another.

[pilotblake]

Also doesn't the d35 take a spreader to get the carrier out?

[A-man930]

I vote you go find an XJ 8.25. I got mine for a hundred bucks or so, muuuuch better than a 35

[seebold]

Well i think everybodys right i am getting a new well junkyard rear end but i don't know what ratio i have??? i have 39 teeth on my ring gear. anyone know what ratio that might be so i can match e'm up thanks ever so much :wall: i think it's a 355 ratio am i right?????

[Pete M]

there should be a number stamped on the ring gear. Otherwise, try to count the pinion gear teeth. deviding the two will give your ratio. :thumbsup:

 

If your ratio is indeed 3.55, I highly recommend finding a pair of 4.10 geared axles to counteract your bigger tires. :cheers:

[Eagle]

Spin the ring gear. The tooth count is stamped into the edge. It won't be a ratio, it will be two numbers -- the number of teeth on the ring gear, and the number of teeth on the pinion. Divide the big number by the small number and there's your ratio.

[mvusse]

Get a 8.25" out of a 97 or newer Cherokee from Pull-a-Part, buy an angle grinder and some cutting discs to cut off the spring perches and shock mounts, then buy some new perches and have them welded on in the correct location (measured off the D35).

 

Total cost is much less than new gears in the D35 (case spreader, gears, install kit, dial gauge, feeler gauges, inch pound torque wrench and other tools to do it yourself, $500 to $1000 to have it done), and you end up with a much stronger axle.