All 4 cyl XJs had 4:10 gearing. Not 4:56

Look for a 97-99 Dana 30 from a 4 cyl XJ if you decide to do a 8.8 swap that has 4:10s.

good to know, thanks for the info.

Question for anyone. Has anyone ever welded an 8.25. For people like me that are poor lockers or lock rights are way to expensive for me. I have more axels than i know what to do with but i'd rather here from someone thats done it and got good results. Thanks for reeding and would love some feed back

i personally would never do it, but then again i like to drive mine on the street. trail only rigs...plenty of people do it.

Thats just it mine is a daily driver to but i would love to be locket in the rear at all times to. But i dont wanna screw anything up.But i have about 13 or 14 dana 35s 10. are limited slip the rest aint. i dont wanna down grade if i dont have to. Ive got more jeep parts than i need the pain is nun of them really will work.

You should use the LSD until you have no more to use. May be several years. Do not weld a diff that is going to be used on the street or you will be then buying tires every 6 months.

I forgot to add that i live in a junk yard that the father in law owns so tires are very plentiful. But 8.25 arent.

thats just it how well do limited slips work i dont know anyone that has one. On the other hand living in a junk yard tires here are plentiful but 8.25s arent. Is the down grade worth it.

my question is is it worth the down grade.Tires here are very plentiful plus i live in a junk yard. All the ohter axels an jeeps i have are difrent then my 96. all i have are under 89.

My 8.25 is welded and I run it at 80mph down the freeway. If I am not driving it to the trail I am flat fowing it, and it gets drug down the road even faster then. I also drive it around town on the weekends and to work a good bit. I have never had a welded carrier fail.

with the 8.25 is there any way to tell if you have the 27 or 29 spline axles without taking to dif cover off?

I believe the 97+ axles have 29 spline.

according to RE 1/4" longer than stock

Was it a pain to weld. cause i have litle welding expereince plus my typing sucks.

They arn't the axles that came on the jeep and i'm not sure what year they came off