Mj Axle Price/feeler

[mnkyboy]

Getting ready to sell my axles to build my new ones but not sure how much to start at.

 

Up front non cad HP D30, trussed, 4.88s, spartan locker, 297 shafts. I also have a set of big joint spare shafts to go with it.

 

The rear is MJ D44,4.88, spartan locker,vented disc brakes.currently set up for MJ soa or sua and I have a spare short shaft (fits both sides) with new bearings.

Both axles were built about a year ago and have very low miles.

[kolton]

I'd buy that for a dollar!

[Oyaji]

I'd buy that for a dollar!

:D

[jvd]

Wish you didn't live on the other side of the country

[mnkyboy]

There was a guy on FB yesterday in Mass. wishing the same thing.

 

So far Ive got a couple people interested , just need to come up with a price.

[jvd]

GLWS

[mnkyboy]

I wonder if $1500 would be a realistic place to start?

[Incommando]

Feel free to disagree but as you seem to be looking for opinions on pricing I will add mine.

 

What does "built" mean? Assembled with all new parts? A mix of new and used parts? Receipts to prove when the parts were purchased for "new" stuff? To som ebuying a pair of used lockers and a set of used gears and installing them qualifies as them being "built." To others nothing short of a complete re-build including all new bearings qualifies. Without knowing these things it is hard to estimate a price. Going from the post:

 

The front is equal to a late model XJ front with the addition of gears, a lunchbox locker ( and about the cheapest on the market which does become a factor), and a truss of some sort. The basic front goes for $100 or less here. The truss is an unknown without knowing more about it. Homebuilt? If not, whose? Rep of that part & builder? Does it gusset the "c's?" Even though it has low miles on it used is used. Used gears and lockers do not sell for what new ones do. The value of a front non-selectable locker in an axle without lock-out hubs is the subject of much debate. It will not be solved here so that places the value of a locker in this axle up to the desire of the purchaser. The spare shafts also appear to be junkyard factory pieces from the description. Although admittedly the joints fail most often in these axles the factory shafts are still consider suspect by many especially with the added stress of a locker. 

 

IMHO the MJ D44 is generally drastically overpriced and is only valuable to a restorer and not worthwhile for a 'wheeler. For less than $100 you can have a nearly as strong 8.25 that just needs a $20 perch swap. For $150 you can have an arguably stronger 8.8 with factory disc brakes including a parking brake, which is not mentioned as being on the D44 here. Get one with an LSD and add an extra clutch disc for near locker-like performance with less of a decrease in road manners. Line-loc's and the sort are not legal replacements for the required mechanical secondary brake here and I doubt they are legal most anywhere. So there goes street driving on that rear axle, at least legally.

 

I have purchased and assembled a D60 front/14bolt rear combo including new spartan lockers and a new disc brake kit that included parking brake calipers for less than $1800 in the last year. Granted I retained the factory 4.10 gears but still.... All of that considered I would not turn down $1,000 for your axle set if it had new parts. If it was assembled with used parts or you could not prove the parts were new when installed then $800 is probably more realistic. $1,500 will get a buyer some pretty strong used axles with a little shopping even considering the fitment issues. 

 

All of this of course assumes that the right buyer comes along. Maybe they are worth more where the starting pieces are more expensive. Used axles are pretty cheap here due to the XJ's and Explorers rusting away around them. 

 

Good luck on the sale and if you ask $1500 you can always come down...kinda hard to haggle up when selling.. :-)

[mnkyboy]

$1500 is just a place to start, everything in the axles besides the front unit bearings was brand new and they MIGHT have 2000 miles on them now.

 

I figure it wouldn't be a bad deal for bolt in turn key axles. the guy who can build his own axles won't be interested in these,but the guy who can't will be in a set almost twice that.

 

Here's just what's inside the axles.

 

[mnkyboy]

I do appreciate your opinion, I've asked around a few places and $1000-$1500 seems to be what people are guesing.

 

I figured I would start at the upper end since you rarely get the full asking price, I also don't NEED to sell these so its ok if they don't sell right away.