Topic: axle swap

[lanulos89]

so today started my axle swap at school, i dragged the rear there with my bros quad trailer, stripped them down, and sealed up the diff, and cut off the track bar bracket.  morow gonna sand em down and prime em.  wouldve taken the front there too but its buried in like a foot of snow on my front lawn so its gonna be a while before the fornt goes in.  but went back to high school at lunch time goto park and got stuck with the trailer.  i parked up a snow bank backed the trailer up and high centered my jeep, haha, went in to school and yea went through the day, got some boards from the wood shop teacher, and stuffed them under my tires and pulled out, only mild tire screatching,  was best part of my day by far.

[jagular7]

You should have used the board to press on the gas pedal and you on the back bumper for weight. 

Sometimes, depending on the surface condition, letting a little air out of the tires provides enough to bit and go.

[jcsanders79]

What axle are you swaping in?

[lanulos89]

dana 30 and 35 same ones, they just have the 4.10's i depspartly need, and i put a locright in the rear. (marc dont jump all over me about it )

[jcsanders79]

Hope you didn't pay much for the D35, why swap instead of regear?

[Tall Boy]

Dang, I figured youd just put er in 4 wheel and out ya go. Set the fat boy at school on the bumper with a sundae and let er rip   .

I heard one cannot run different ration axles together. My TJ's driveline spins all the time, so that much off would cause some binding I thought.  i know squat about any other jeep really though, just mechanical theory  (most of the time).

[Tall Boy]

Hope you didn't pay much for the D35, why swap instead of regear?

I swapped my old open 35 for one with an arb in it. Paid $400.00 plus air pump and kit, it had a fresh overhaul too with new brakes. It works too, tried it this weekend on easy stuff.     

[lanulos89]

OKAY PEOPLE FOR THE LAST TIME I KNOW I CANT RUN DIFFERENT GEARS IN FRONT AND REAR AXLES GEEEZZZ.. I HAVE A D30 BURIED IN MY FRONT LAWN....  i paid 250 for both front and rear axle.  good deal especially for 4.10's . 

[Jesse-James]

dana 30 and 35 same ones, they just have the 4.10's i depspartly need, and i put a locright in the rear. (marc dont jump all over me about it )

Don't forget to keep your old shafts in the back when you wheel. You''l probably need one of them eventually.

[jagular7]

Swapping in the front should be the easiest of the axles. Just don't undue your calipers from the brake lines. They should bolt on the next axle. Roll one in, roll one out.

With you getting stuck, you could have shifted into 4wd and driven out of it. You just don't want to go any distance with the mismatched gear ratios and not have any 'slip' in the tire surface. Just to pull yourself out of the situation would have been fine.

[lanulos89]

tommorow morning is D day going in half hour early to get started, rear will be in, or i aint leaving school  lol wish me luck, ill get pictures of the process.

[chardrc]

sweet.. good luck man..

[lanulos89]

rear is swaped in and dang big difference.  what a day goto attach the driveshaft, and one of the driveshaft yoke bolts break   .  so i ended up taking the old yoke off my old axle and swaping it around.  worked like a charm, but 300lbs of torque is hell to acheive.  the front axle is loaded up on the trailer waiting to goto school morow gonna sand it down and prime it paint it.  friday install it, then this weekend go wheeling yaaaaaaaa

[JeepManMarc]

Good luck man!  Glad to see you are getting them done!  Post pics!

[lanulos89]

effing front rusted shit, all the 4wd vaccum assembly bolts broke, no  swap morow, oh well 2wd wheeling this weekend