88whitemanche Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 On 10/27/2017 at 1:01 PM, Green Mesa XJ said: Well crap, I going to be doing the ax5 to ax15 swap, I’ve been buying up pieces for years, one of the parts I got was a bracket to make the ax5 crossmember work with the ax-15. Is that going to make the clearance close to hitting the transmission tunnel in a XJ? Are the heavy duty crossmembers worth anything or are they all wrong for the ax-15 swap any way? (This is the part # I found: Rugged Ridge 12035.6. ) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro If your staying with the short arm set-up rustys offroad sells a 1” drop “heavy duty” crossmember Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampy Posted October 29, 2017 Author Share Posted October 29, 2017 11 hours ago, 88whitemanche said: I’ll double check my stash I think I haven’t thrown out a spare ax15 crossmember I had laying around... Make sure the ax15 has the transmission bracket from the trans to the crossmember This one https://m.ebay.com/itm/Jeep-Wrangler-TJ-AX15-Ax-15-Transmission-Mount-Bracket-Plate-6-Cyl-4-0-Manual-/263253742093?nav=SEARCH also, is your ax15 external or internal slave? External from 1997 cherokee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampy Posted October 29, 2017 Author Share Posted October 29, 2017 11 hours ago, 88whitemanche said: If your staying with the short arm set-up rustys offroad sells a 1” drop “heavy duty” crossmember I am going longarms as soon as I do the lift. Rusty's 6.5" longarm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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