YJ to MJ axle?

[KennyK]

I have the chance to pick up a YJ Dana 35 non c-clip rear end with disc brake conversion and Detroit Locker for cheap how combatable is it will spring plates need to be moved or the is it

[COMJNUT]

Spring perches, and shock mounts will need to be replaced

[KennyK]

I guess my main question it the weigh the same I found it fo the YJ 60.75" but have not found weigh on Comanche yet

[yxmj]

If you use mj spring plates the shock mounts are there already.

[Pete M]

I guess my main question it the weigh the same I found it fo the YJ 60.75" but have not found weigh on Comanche yet

 

 

it is the exact same axle used under MJs (with different brackets of course) :thumbsup:

[Incommando]

Locked D35's tend to explode rapidly if you use them. They are worse than when open. They have earned their poor reputation

[Crash]

If this is cheap enough, and you don't NEED to swap the rear end, buy it and swap the disc parts to your axle and sell the rest? 

[Stacks]

OK... I am going to create some hate and discontent here!!!!  I am sick and tired of people bashing the D35 that is in our MJ's. I ran the D35 on my TJ, locked both ends with 33's and 4.10's for 14 years.  NEVER broke a thing on the D35 in 120,000 miles.  I took it to Moab twice.  I've run mud, rocks, woods roads and no problems. If you drive a rig with a D35 like a white man and realize it does have limitations it will live just fine.  The limitations I've come to realize on the D35 is max gears and tires are 4.10's and 33's.  You put 35's on it and or go to 4.56's or higher you are definitely asking for trouble.  The other limitation is NEVER let the wheels begin to hop.  You can break a D35 with 3.07's if you let it hop.  The reputation of  a D35 being weak is less caused by the D35 than it is drivers trying to make it do what it was never intended to do by driving like an idiot!!   Nuf said.

[KennyK]

I can get the whole thing for 500 it has over 1400 in parts is that a good deal

[Jeep Driver]

I can get the whole thing for 500 it has over 1400 in parts is that a good deal

I wouldn't.

[64 Cheyenne]

You could get an 8.8 under there, minus the locker of course. for less than $500

My 8.8 came with LSD works fine.

[shelbyluvv]

OK... I am going to create some hate and discontent here!!!!  I am sick and tired of people bashing the D35 that is in our MJ's. I ran the D35 on my TJ, locked both ends with 33's and 4.10's for 14 years.  NEVER broke a thing on the D35 in 120,000 miles.  I took it to Moab twice.  I've run mud, rocks, woods roads and no problems. If you drive a rig with a D35 like a white man and realize it does have limitations it will live just fine.  The limitations I've come to realize on the D35 is max gears and tires are 4.10's and 33's.  You put 35's on it and or go to 4.56's or higher you are definitely asking for trouble.  The other limitation is NEVER let the wheels begin to hop.  You can break a D35 with 3.07's if you let it hop.  The reputation of  a D35 being weak is less caused by the D35 than it is drivers trying to make it do what it was never intended to do by driving like an idiot!!   Nuf said.

The D35 is crap. I snapped a shaft pulling away from a corner on wet pavement. It has a bad reputation for good reason. Trying to convince someone that they should not upgrade to a 8.25, D44 or 8.8 is foolish.

 

I would not take a D35 if it was given to me. I would wait to find a better axle.

[Incommando]

OK... I am going to create some hate and discontent here!!!!  I am sick and tired of people bashing the D35 that is in our MJ's. I ran the D35 on my TJ, locked both ends with 33's and 4.10's for 14 years.  NEVER broke a thing on the D35 in 120,000 miles.  I took it to Moab twice.  I've run mud, rocks, woods roads and no problems. If you drive a rig with a D35 like a white man and realize it does have limitations it will live just fine.  The limitations I've come to realize on the D35 is max gears and tires are 4.10's and 33's.  You put 35's on it and or go to 4.56's or higher you are definitely asking for trouble.  The other limitation is NEVER let the wheels begin to hop.  You can break a D35 with 3.07's if you let it hop.  The reputation of  a D35 being weak is less caused by the D35 than it is drivers trying to make it do what it was never intended to do by driving like an idiot!!   Nuf said.

So many of these break that it pretty much proves that they are measurably weaker than better rear ends. The specs of the axle bear this out as well. I have seen more than one fail in person.  For the $100 I paid for a 29 spline 8.25 I consider it money well spent. The D35 is bashed because even in normal use. It is weak. Congrats for making yours live. If you do wheel than you have surely been around enough of them to know that most do not. Asking a rear end to do basic stuff that a decent light-duty rear end can accomplish is not excessive. Think of it as driving Ms. Daisy: Sure, you can do it. But it is neither fun for those around you or really much of a measure of anything. I once had a guy trying to defend the Yugo. His argument was also that the 99% of people with an opposing viewpoint were wrong but he was not. Me? I play the odds.

[yxmj]

I can get the whole thing for 500 it has over 1400 in parts is that a good deal

 

That is $300 more than it it is worth...IMHO....and I only valued it that high because it had discs... :dunno:

[benjy_26]

I used and abused an open cased D35 under my ZJ with a stroker. The best part about it? It was under the truck when I got it and failed spectacularly. :) A LSD 8.8 lives under that truck now. I'd never go back to a D35.

[benjy_26]

BTW, how DOES a white man drive?

[HOrnbrod]

BTW, how DOES a white man drive?

 

[onlyinajeep726]

You're better off getting a C8.25 or F8.8 from a junkyard.  Don't waste your time with a D35 in a built rig...  On a stock rig, running with OEM sized tires, the D35 will be just fine but I would never pay $500 for a D35 with or without mods.  Who even wastes their time building a 35 anyway? 

[Stacks]

I did not say not to upgrade from a D35.  I put a D44 in my MJ wheel the wheel bearings went out on the 35.  Cheaper to put the 44 in than replace the bearings.   It comes down to we will just have agree to disagree.  I apologize to Kenny K.  I should have made my initial post here as a new topic. 

[Crash]

For 500$, you should be able to find an MJ specific D44 to bolt in. Or D44, C8.25, F8.8, etc to swap in for less. 

[Motorcharge]

I wouldn't swap in a D35 if it was free. Especially one with a locker in it. For the work involved anything but an 8.8 is kinda pointless unless you want to run tons or find a bolt in D44.

[JeepsOLot]

Ok, this post reaffirms my thinking, I'm swapping the D44 out of my '86 MJ and putting it in the 88 Eliminator I just bought. It has a D35, and that can go under the '86 when I sell it.

 

Jerry