Is the Dana-35 Really that bad?
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Is the Dana-35 Really that bad?
I was reading some online articles about uprades for the Jeep, and the Dana-44 upgrade seemed to look pretty good albeit exspensive (for me at least).
This is for a 2000 Jeep Cherokee classic, 3 inch lift, with 30" tyres and some under armoring.
Currently I have a Dana 35...... I think? It has a plastic seal lug and on the other side of it has a small Chrysler logo on it. But I am not 100% positive on this.
Anyway, is the Dana 35 really that bad for off road usage? Would upgrading it even make sense, I use my Jeep as a DD and get pretty lousy mileage already would upgrading it make this even worse?
Instead I was thinking about armoring my Dana 35 and throwing in some better gears, to improve it? I don't think lockers on it would be of burden then usefull because it is still a DD around a city. I dont plan on going rock crawling or anything !EXTREME! but still want to have a solid rear axle for off road use.
Any input is apreciated,
This is for a 2000 Jeep Cherokee classic, 3 inch lift, with 30" tyres and some under armoring.
Currently I have a Dana 35...... I think? It has a plastic seal lug and on the other side of it has a small Chrysler logo on it. But I am not 100% positive on this.
Anyway, is the Dana 35 really that bad for off road usage? Would upgrading it even make sense, I use my Jeep as a DD and get pretty lousy mileage already would upgrading it make this even worse?
Instead I was thinking about armoring my Dana 35 and throwing in some better gears, to improve it? I don't think lockers on it would be of burden then usefull because it is still a DD around a city. I dont plan on going rock crawling or anything !EXTREME! but still want to have a solid rear axle for off road use.
Any input is apreciated,
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it's not the gears, it's the axleshafts and the housing. people say the housing twists and that the shafts break. i've had zero problems with mine.
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i have a 90 xj with the d35 rear axle i have the stock 3:73 gears with 33's i have done mudding and small crawling oh yea i also sit on 7" of lift but i have beaten the crap out of mine and it has been bullet proof as of right now my buddy has a 01 with the d35 with the 3:55 gears with 35's and beats his just as hard and has had no problems with his either
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Here the pictures anyway, hooray for camera flash!
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So I am pretty sure its a c8.25 is this a good thing for me? Or not?
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Consider yourself lucky with the 8.25. Here is what's left of one of the many shafts I put in my old 35. This one was a Yukon alloy on wore out 33s.
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yes they really are that bad. anything over a 30" will eventually break the axle