I have looked all over for the rear door lock actuators for my 97 xj. I cant even find the part number. Are they the same as the front? Or anyone know where I can find them?

I have seen used, and new Mopar, on ebay. If you cant find them, try sellers listing part outs. Macsusedcars0 and Deadjeeps are two of them.

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Unless I'm just not searching right all they show are the fronts

You're right - I bought the front left and didn't notice they didn't have rear ones.

Now short of pulling both the front and rear the bolt pattern is identical, only quick difference I'm seeing is the rear child safety lock switch, Wich I'm not to worried about. Guess I'll just have to pull em both this weekend and compare

I did some searching the other day does anyone on here know if the XJ rear lock actuators work? They very similar

This is the one i found for the xj
This is the one for the zj