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.

 

Woo buddy, you got lucky.

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

 

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?

 

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

 

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?

 

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

 

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

 

That 8.25 is alot better than the D35.

 

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.

 

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?

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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