Ax15 swap crossmember

[88whitemanche]

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. )


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If your staying with the short arm set-up 

rustys offroad sells a 1” drop “heavy duty” crossmember 

[Swampy]

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

[Swampy]

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