Someone Swapped My Gears..

[TheDude]

Hello again, I was attempting to pull my rear axle shafts when I found that the carrier is different from what I see on the d35 guides I see. There is no screw or bolt holding the gear shaft in place so now I'm confused..

 

It's a 4.0 4x4 5 speed and I tried to determine the gear ratio with the wheels off I got around the stock 3.07 ratio.

It also appears that there is a date on biggest gear (don't know the name) that reads a date ending in '96.

 

I'm beyond confused and way out of my element now..

Any help will be much appreciated, thanks.

[onlyinajeep726]

The early Dana 35's were non c-clip.  3.07's are a stock ratio for a 4.0L with 5-speed.  And that "big" gear is the ring gear, the smaller one is the pinion.  It takes 3.07 turns of the pinion to make the ring turn once.

[TheDude]

Ah, that makes sense thank you.