They're likely SJ axles - a common swap (and only a bit wider than the 60.5" XJ axles. I think they're 63-64"?)

The XJ and ZJ have always had the D30 front. Some South American market XJs came with D44/D44 (a tax thing,) but they also had winches, heavy bumpers, and were essentially compact enclosed work trucks.

I'd happily take a pair of SJ D44s with the correct drop (I don't care whether they're HP or LP,) but I'm stuck for scratch right now. I really want to go D44/D44 under my 88 when I'm refitting it...

 

wow and I just found another set of full size out of an 82 sj that are 63 from wheel to wheel.... now to go take a look and see which ones are in better shape

 

*whimper*

I can never find anything like that around here! And I don't care if I have to overhaul them, since I plan to anyhow (I just need straight housings...)

I just don't need anything heavier than 44's, and they're the first axles I'd built (so I kinda have a soft spot in my heart for them...)

 

dang, your lucky. i called all the junkyards yesterday and none have cherokees in them here locally. closest is going to be on the way to brownsville or san antonio

 

usually everything around here is anywhere from 800-1500 just for the rear! $400 even if I have to rebuild them and move spring perches well worth it to me!

 

its 2.5 hour drive to ones with cherokees for me. then i have no idea what they have, thats hoping they have one

 

I feel your pain, I remember how hard it was to find stuff for my yj i used to have when i lived in NC

 

wow, so some people need to be schooled, I go to look at a set of "matching D44's" I get there to find out that the front which was in pretty good shape was a D44 but the rear was nothing but a freakin POS AMC 20, really people it doesnt even look like a Dana 44! but I did get the front, now just to find a narrow track 44 for the rear, since the front is a narrow track

 

^ or a ford 8.8, much easier to find and probably cheaper. I think 8.8's are stronger than d44 anyways and are about the right width

 

true, they are a little stonger, I just really hate the C-clip axles