ajk2005

I have a 91 Jeep cherokee and the rear axle went out. I ordered a Dana 35 off ebay and they sent me a Chrysler 8.25. Is it possible to put the 8.25 on without any modifications? Besides buying new U-bolts.

nasonguy

Woo buddy, you got lucky.

While you have it all apart, might as well get longer brake lines and stuff...

1990cherokee

it's a direct swap. i am in the process of building my 8.25 and in a few weeks will be doing the install. the 8.25 is from an xj that whats make it a direct swap. if you have a 97+ i believe its a 29 spline. Much better than the 35. How much did u pay for the 35 which ended up being the 8.25?

TC's4drxj

heres the thing, if you have no lift your driveshaft will be a bit to long, however this axle is MUCH better than that weak d35

ajk2005

Once I received the first axle I noticed it was the wrong one and contacted the seller. The seller then sent out another axle which also was a 8.25. So I have $250 total in (2) 8.25 axles. I have no lift so if I put the 8.25 on I'll have to get a different driveshaft?

nasonguy

Dang, you are freakin' lucky, you should clean up and sell the other one, you might even make your money back.

gmsween

you are going to have to get a different driveshaft. i just put the 8.25 in my jeep this weekend.. luckly i have three parts jeeps so i had no problem. but for sure a shorter driveshaft. no doubts about it

Metlic53

That 8.25 is alot better than the D35.

Skreed

Just go to the junk yard and pull a rear shaft from a xj with a 8.25. Bring your old one they might even give u a core for it.

ajk2005

Would there be different lengths of drive shafts used with the 8.25 like a 2.5l vs. 4.0l or different transfer case or anything?

lestatsghost

try and find one that has the same trans and transfer case but with a 8.25 look at 97 and newer.

Skreed

You want one from a auto if yur truck is and auto or vise versa if its a manual.

1990cherokee

To chim in on this, if its lifted will the stock DS work. Lifted as in 4.5 inchs

gmsween

well i am sitting at 6.5" right now, and i thought that it was too close to call for me. the drive shaft slip was almost at the bar minimum to being against the tailshaft, so imo i think that you would need the 8.25 driveshaft

Jeep85

so how good is the 8.25 because i trade my 2dr for 4dr and came with the 8.25 and knew that the 8.25 tubing is 3" looks beefy