A buddy gave me this yota axle. Anybody know what it is, if its any "better" than the 8.25 in my xj? Good candidate for a swap?
Its got 10 bolts around the third member and its only 51" from plate-plate.

 

Keep the 8.25, that thing looks nasty.

 

51" plate to plate? whats that? backing plate? wheel mounting service? 51" is way to short for a XJ

 

not shure but it looks like a high pinion 8" you should just sell it or scrap it

I think the 8.25 is better only becaus eyou dont have to mod any thing if your gunna spend time and money on an axle do a d44 ford 9"

 

ok, thankx. to the scrap yard. But Im pretty sure both my xj's have d-35s

 

look for an 8.8 out of an explorer

 

coould have a d35 but his axle will not even work with your xj............

 

yea my last xj had the 8.8 in the rear. it worked great. I just have had this yota axle laying around for awhile and wasent sure if it was worth keeping.

 

gotcha. like everyone else said scrap it