no difference. You need the same box as a 4x4 Cherokee for your 4x2.

 

Great, Dukie. Thanks for your help. This may be the next thing on the list.

 

So I know it's been a minute sonce this thread was posted on last, buuuut...
Im in the middle of this project now.
Lessons learned so far...
A couple hours is NOT enough time for penetrating oil to work. It just makes a mess.
You WILL break a pitman arm puller, so just rent one.
The top bolt on the steering box is an absolute bastard.
The pitman arm puller works to pop off the draglink also.
You really do need an 18mm wrench to get those power steering lines off.
The old box will NEVER run out of fluid to leak, so take it to wherever you're exchanging it in a bucket.

So far I've progressed to getting the new box mounted w one bolt. (ran out of time/light)

Anybody have tips for finishing up?

 

Mine was a pita but I finished in a half day with hand tools. Hardest thing was getting the steering shaft on. Rest was a breeze.

 

Mine went quick and simple... 45 min or so. But I didn't have to fight bolts and had new grade 8 bolts/washers which helped.

I hvae seen penetrating oil work in 10-15 mins... just depends on how bad the bolts are stuck/siezed..

 

Line wrenches are best but the return line is easier because you can just remove it from the top where it attaches to the fill bottle and slide a closed wrench over top. Break it with a reg wrench and then use a gear wrench if you can it'll make it go a lot quicker I broke 2 pairs of pitman arm pullers but if you buy something with a life time warranty you can just exchange them

 

What length bolts did you use? Did you get a new mounting plate?

 

I used 4.5" grade 8's. Cant remember the thread pitch off hand. I have a JCR spacer plate (comes with bolts if you order it that way)

 

I have the box now. I'm just not getting it in til after I have my driveshaft rebuilt... driving in front wheel drive right now...

 

Random ??, same box in all 99's right? Like v6 and v8

 

nope has to be a V8 (either one) and 4x4.

 

correct!

 

How far is Colorado from buffalo? My drive shaft got shipped from standard auto wreckers There lol there wern't any in Canada when I snapped mine!

 

It was funny it looked like my truck was hung like a horse lol or a unicorn lol

 

So, everything's done. It works!
I moved from the garage to a parking apace, and I think I still heard the "pop" I was hearing before. Grrr...
But, I only put 2 of the steering box bolts back in cuz one was bent. I plan on replacing all 3 today with new ones.
Can a missing bolt let the box move enough for me to hear it? It's the top one.
Also...
I couldn't get my pitman arm bolted on as tightly on the new box as the old one. I can see in a pic above that there's space between the arm and box, and it's about as much space as I have, but I don't have as many threads sticking out the bottom. Is that cool?
Aaaand, when I reattached the steering shaft to the input shaft new box, I can still see some splines on the input shaft. It doesn't seem like the steering shaft joint/bolt thing is supposed to go all the way down. Is this correct?

Thanks for the help guys, I'm used to working on VW's...