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So I've got a Rodeo d44 with 4.10 gears that I'm looking to put under my Comanche. The Rodeo I took it out of has a snow button which I'm not sure if it is traction control or a limited slip? The axle has 2 wires coming out of it on top of the diff. I was thinking about taking diff cover off and looking but I do not know what a limited slip or traction control looks like. So any help would be great.

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So I've got a Rodeo d44 with 4.10 gears that I'm looking to put under my Comanche. The Rodeo I took it out of has a snow button which I'm not sure if it is traction control or a limited slip? The axle has 2 wires coming out of it on top of the diff. I was thinking about taking diff cover off and looking but I do not know what a limited slip or traction control looks like. So any help would be great.

 

I checked this out when I was thinking of installing the Isuzu D44. The wires on the pumpkin are for the anti-lock brake option. It's not for a locker (Isuzu never offered one) or an electric limited slip carrier.

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Ok, well I wasn't sure. But what about the snow button the rodeo had, what is it?

 

Guess you mean the "Winter" button? It sets the stop take-off point for the tranny from 1st gear to 2nd gear (or maybe 3rd gear) supposedly to give better traction on icy roads by gearing down the tranny. Nothing to do with the diff.

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My memory is the button tells the transmission to start in a higher gear than first. This is so you do not start wheels spinning in snow/ice. I have a 2000 Rodeo, but it has been a while since I read my manual. No snow or ice in San Diego.

I am working in Texas for the next few weeks, will check the book when I get home.

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And if I do this I want to get a Dana 30 with 4.10s already instead of re gearing. I hear that the newer Cherokees have Hp Dana 30s with bigger u joints. So which years have those axles?

 

I believe 2000 and 2001 are low pinion, 86 through 99 are high pinion. Also 86 through ??? (91?) with Command Trac have a vacuum disconnect, any year with ABS has larger u joints, 97 (95?) and newer has the larger u joints regardless of ABS.

 

The axle shafts with the larger u joints fit in any non-disconnect D30, so they do not have to come out of the axle you are getting. They can fit a disconnect D30 as well with the addition of a (non standard) oil seal in the passenger side of the diff. So if you can''t find a 4.10 high pinion 30 with larger joints, find any high pinion non disconnect D30 with 4.10s, then find any D30 with the larger u joints (ZJs with the 4.0 and TJs have them as well) and swap the shafts in the yard before you pay for it.

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