darkenfire Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Title says it all - are those dummy axles worth anything or should I just scrap it? I have one from doing the 4wd conversion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexia Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 People who do Jeepspeed love them. However, I could go to the junkyard and pick up four of them today. Two wheel drive Jeeps are usually scrapped for the lightest of crashes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Automan2164 Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 I think this is one of those times where this is a truely correct statement: "Only worth as much as someone will pay." If you have someone interested in it, sell it. Like a D35, they aren't very desirable, nor have any specific value to someone unless they need it. Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvusse Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 I scrapped the one from Sparkles, but not until after I removed the steering knuckles, brakes, dummy shafts and unit bearings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComancheKid45 Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 I scrapped the one from Sparkles, but not until after I removed the steering knuckles, brakes, dummy shafts and unit bearings. Which a 2wd beam axle has no dummy shafts or unit bearings :hmm: hows that work? :dunno: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvusse Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Sparkles is a 96 XJ. The 2wd version uses the same unit bearings as the 4wd one, but with dummy shafts inside them to hold them together. The dummy shaft looks like an outer axle shaft, but instead of a yoke for a u joint it has a flat plate and a machined hole for an Allen wrench. Don't know for sure when they went to that style, but I want to say 91. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geonovast Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 The 2wd beam axle without unit bearings was around about the same time as the internal slave cylinder. Just another one of those things that they switched to for a short period of time just to piss us off. I kept one around for awhile for no apparent reason... Then someone needed it for a roller, so it worked out. Monetarily... they're worthless, but if you've got the room to have it sit somewhere, I wouldn't scrap it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xjrev10 Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 Sparkles is a 96 XJ. The 2wd version uses the same unit bearings as the 4wd one, but with dummy shafts inside them to hold them together. The dummy shaft looks like an outer axle shaft, but instead of a yoke for a u joint it has a flat plate and a machined hole for an Allen wrench. Don't know for sure when they went to that style, but I want to say 91. My 91 2wd I just scapped did not have unit bearings. I'm thinking 96 was the first year the 2wds and unit bearings.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOrnbrod Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 My 91 2wd I just scapped did not have unit bearings. I'm thinking 96 was the first year the 2wds and unit bearings.... 1993 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComancheKid45 Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 Sparkles is a 96 XJ. The 2wd version uses the same unit bearings as the 4wd one, but with dummy shafts inside them to hold them together. The dummy shaft looks like an outer axle shaft, but instead of a yoke for a u joint it has a flat plate and a machined hole for an Allen wrench. Don't know for sure when they went to that style, but I want to say 91. Ha no kiddin, I apolagize then for my lack of facts. I'm sure this knowledge will come in handy then 1 of these days....Thanks! :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xjrev10 Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 1993 Okay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comanche County Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 I wish I had one to use to mock up steering components. Would be worth more as a mock up axle than the $5 dollars you'd get from scrapping it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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