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Sorry for the stupid question..... but there is no vacuum accuator on the 92 XJ that I just picked up..... Would you give me more info on this axle?? Thanks

 

it's a non-disconnect there is nothing wrong with it.

 

check the right UCA mount and weld it to the axle tube better and you're all set...if you even need to mess with that

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The vac. disco D30 was only used on the Renix era (84-90) XJ's that came with any transfer case but the NP242.

 

The non-disco was used on all year NP242 equipped XJ's and than all XJ's 91+.

 

As far as I can tell, the disco survived in XJs through 93. Then was abolished in 94. There are junkyards in car-part.com that have 92s and 93s listed as disconnects. Although there are way more 90s and 91s listed than 92/93.

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The vac. disco D30 was only used on the Renix era (84-90) XJ's that came with any transfer case but the NP242.

 

The non-disco was used on all year NP242 equipped XJ's and than all XJ's 91+.

 

As far as I can tell, the disco survived in XJs through 93. Then was abolished in 94. There are junkyards in car-part.com that have 92s and 93s listed as disconnects. Although there are way more 90s and 91s listed than 92/93.

 

That might explain why my dad's got a disco on his 91...

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The non disconect axles are less problem offroad. I know some if not all non discos carry slightly bigger axle u-joints than disconnect axles. If you run a locker in a non disconect front the front drive shaft will turn everytime the jeep moves though. sometimes causing more driveline vibration on the highway.

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The non disconect axles are less problem offroad. I know some if not all non discos carry slightly bigger axle u-joints than disconnect axles. If you run a locker in a non disconect front the front drive shaft will turn everytime the jeep moves though. sometimes causing more driveline vibration on the highway.

 

Even disconnect axles will turn while moving. Just not as fast. I can even see how a disconnect would be harder on the diff, since the spiders are going to see a lot more wear and tear.

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The vac. disco D30 was only used on the Renix era (84-90) XJ's that came with any transfer case but the NP242.

 

The non-disco was used on all year NP242 equipped XJ's and than all XJ's 91+.

 

As far as I can tell, the disco survived in XJs through 93. Then was abolished in 94. There are junkyards in car-part.com that have 92s and 93s listed as disconnects. Although there are way more 90s and 91s listed than 92/93.

Rebecca's '93 XJ does not have the disco axle. Her old '90 (late 1990 build date) as well did not have the disco axle. We've also got several local guys in the club with 91's and 92's with the non-disco axle with the NP231. I personally have not seen a 90+ XJ with the NP231 with the disco axle....

 

Upon my research the switch was made the same time the AW4 went from 21 spline to 23 spline (1990). Rebecca's 1st XJ (1990) also had the 23 spline AW4; which somewhat to me proved this fact since her's had the non-disco axle as well.

 

But we all know how DC is; so who really knows....

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I know some if not all non discos carry slightly bigger axle u-joints than disconnect axles.

 

Actually....

 

89-95 with ABS have 5-297x u-joints, all 95+ have 5-297x u-joints, all others have 5-260x u-joints.

 

So non-ABS from 84-95 have the smaller 260x joints; meaning that the 91-95 non disco non ABS axle's have the smaller joints.

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Yup. Can't ever be certain when it comes to Jeep. :roll:

Just going by the number/years of axles listed on car-part, there was a huge dropoff in the number of discos after 90 and 91.

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