pwrliftin Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 Ive been looking for a dana 44 to through under the MJ for a while. What donor vehicles should I look for that have it? I see a lot of non-jeep ones, not so many from jeeps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeepcoma Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 Depends on what you are willing/able to do in order to get it to fit. The only direct swap is from another MJ, otherwise you'll be looking at moving the perches and such at the very least (I believe this is true for the XJ). Other applications can require lengthening/shortening the housing so that gets real expensive. I've got no fabrication skills so if it were me, I'd be waiting for an MJ housing to show up (which is what I did). Not sure what your budget is, but you should plan to be able to replace all the brake hardware and seals if you're pulling from a junkyard, and maybe even the axles. You might get lucky and not have to deal with it, but be prepared. It's not the cheapest option. A later model form a low mileage XJ is a good alternative if you can move the perches and you pulled it in known working good condition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 other strong axles that can work are the 97+ XJ 8.25 and the Explorer 8.8 (95+ have disks). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btm24 Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 XJ, YJ, TJ, MJ's will all work with some work to get them to fit. Brandon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 KJ 8.25s work too. YJs only came with Dana 35s. and ZJ dana 44s should be avoided due to problems usually associated with their aluminum center section. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carnuck Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 US YJs may have only come with D35, but in Canada D44 was an option in '87/88 only. Another fun tidbit: I parted a '66 Travelall (2wd) and it's rear D44 appears to be about the same width as MJ with the same bolt pattern (4x4 were 5 on 5.5) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xjrev10 Posted October 29, 2011 Share Posted October 29, 2011 US YJs may have only come with D35, but in Canada D44 was an option in '87/88 only.Another fun tidbit: I parted a '66 Travelall (2wd) and it's rear D44 appears to be about the same width as MJ with the same bolt pattern (4x4 were 5 on 5.5) FWIW MJs are 5 on 4.5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carnuck Posted October 29, 2011 Share Posted October 29, 2011 So are 2wd IH from back then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xjrev10 Posted October 29, 2011 Share Posted October 29, 2011 So are 2wd IH from back then After rereading your post I see what you meant! :doh: Cool factoid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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