I have a 87 mj and instead of buying a entire soa lift for the rear i was gonna just swap the axle w/ a cherokee axle to make the leafs on top and lifting the back.
Question is will this be as easy any axle swap and will there be anything i need to buy ?(other than axle and maybe an add leaf)

 

i'm pretty sure the spring pads won't line up.

 

it's called an overleaf or a leaf over conversion, there is a lot of info on the subject because it's popular with older wranglers, you could buy the perches online and just keep your old diff but when you weld them on youll need totake into consideration the angle of the driveshaft changing, i think itll be cheaper and safer if you keep the old diff and just put new perches

 

The leaf perches are about..1/4 to far out on the cherokee axles. I know from experience.

 

Dang i was hoping eveything would line up . Well thanks for info and input, probably just gonna go w/ a full kit and do it right.
If i were to swap the dana 35 what axle could i use besides danna 44 from a long bed?

 

soa = spring over axle

i guess you can do it. but you would have to weld on the new perches and do something with the shock mounts.

i think the mj has both shocks on the back of the axle tube, where as the xj has one on each side...

edit: you can use any axle you want, since you have to reweld the perches and whatnot.
but to keep the 5 on 4.5, you would need either xj, zj, tj, yj, or mj. or ford 8.8 out of a ranger, etc.

 

Yeah both shocks are on the same side.
The readon im trying to swap is mainly cause my rear pinion seal (where drive shaft meets diff) is leaking and i wanted an 8.25 any way.

 

A little off topic of the axle swap but would has anyone heard anything bad from bolt-on soa kits?
I found this 5" kit online http://www.rocky-road.com/comanche.html, therses limited mj lifts for the rear and just wanted an opinoin or two on this lift.