Ran it to a with the hubs on a 1997 tj d30

[Zebvance]

I was swapping in this new axle this weekend to my 1988 4wd mj. When I got the truck it had a 2001 cherokee d30 under it. when I went to put my tires and rims on the tj axle the lugs were not long enough? about 1/4-1/2" to short. So I put the 2001 hubs on the 1997 Tj axle. Brakes and everything went on fine but I did notice that the hubs were different in depth along with the difference in length of the studs. The brake calipers, and rotors are from the 2001 xj d30.

 

Any for seeable issues I will have? I can't rotate the rotor more than about a inch back and forth cause the locker. but it doesn't look like anything is making contact where is shouldnt.

[Rockfrog]

As long as the rotors match the hubs you are good to go.

There was only one caliper used from 1990-01

Two rotors -

1990-99 composite rotor

1999-06 cast rotor

Two hubs -

1990-99

1999-06 (usually referred to as a 2000 TJ as 99 was a transition mid year and the Cherokee died in 01).

 

Eagle actually has a nice post that explains it all in detail.

 

Before 90 the knuckle, brakes and hubs were the older AMC/Bendix system and incompatible (and completely different).

 

If it worries you you can swap out the studs for longer ones easily enough, I usually pull the studs before scrapping a hub and they all, so far have been the same length.