thoughts ?

[shawn]

http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/rds/p ... 71755.html

[Sir Sam]

worthless unless you have a CJ missing axles.

[shawn]

shame. i'm not up on them and wondered if i had stumbled across anything as i was looking for a replacement for my d30.

[Sir Sam]

shame. i'm not up on them and wondered if i had stumbled across anything as i was looking for a replacement for my d30.

 

You mean an older D30?

 

That D30 is a passenger side drop, leaf sprung, and has more years of metal fatigue on it.

 

Or did you mean that AMC 20?

 

It has two piece axles, a different width, a different wheel bolt pattern, and leaf springs that are useless on an MJ.

 

Might be good for a CJ owner, worthless for an MJ owner.

 

Getting an upgrade to that d30 is going to be hard. Nothing bolt in, nothing the same width, nothing the same bolt pattern(discounting the TJ D44 front since its not really much better)

[shawn]

it's more about finding a match. when i got that white truck it had/has a 4.10 rear and something way higher in the d30 -so I'm on the hunt now. - plus it has a d35 so if i could find a nice pair of - something , that would be nice too.

but this is about as far as ive lookied into it so far.

 

and another Q : http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/rds/p ... 91741.html

[Sir Sam]

Not knowing any of your background:

 

Sounds like you have a 4.10 rear d35 and a higher(lower numerically) D30 front.

 

First off, you should figure out your front end gear ratios, and easy way to do this is by measuring pinions turns to wheel turns, ie divide pinion turns by wheels turns for numerical value.

 

If you want to keep 4.10s your best bet is to find a 4.10 LSD or open diff from a ford exploder, and swap that into the rear.

 

If you want to match the rear with the existing front a 3.55 or 3.73 ford exploder (8.8) can also be sourced, and will be stronger than a D44, 8.25, and of course, the D35.