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Old Dec 2, 2010 | 12:45 PM
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Originally Posted by ezab
http://www.jeep.com/wccsapp/universa...ull&category=U

If you contact Jeep thru the link above and ask them for a Build Sheet they will email you everything your Jeep left the factory with.
I'm gonna have to do that! Nice link!
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Old Dec 2, 2010 | 02:12 PM
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I just got my build sheet

"DRAS Corporate 8.25 Rear Axle"

and now I'm 100% positive I have a classic which I was pretty much sure it was. I bought it without any badges and the dealer called in a sport.
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Old Dec 2, 2010 | 02:18 PM
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Originally Posted by BOOMroasted
I just got my build sheet

"DRAS Corporate 8.25 Rear Axle"

and now I'm 100% positive I have a classic which I was pretty much sure it was. I bought it without any badges and the dealer called in a sport.
What does the rear Chry 8.25 have to do with it being a Classic and not a sport? My 93 Sport has the Chry 8.25.
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Old Dec 2, 2010 | 02:18 PM
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nothing My build sheet says I have a classic. It was completely unrelated my bad
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Old Dec 2, 2010 | 02:29 PM
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thanks guys it really helped if anyone was wondering..from the looks of it i have a dana 35
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Old Dec 2, 2010 | 02:32 PM
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if it helps any i have a 96 sport 4.0 with a Chrysler 8.25...
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Old Dec 2, 2010 | 02:32 PM
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Originally Posted by ezab
http://www.jeep.com/wccsapp/universa...ull&category=U

If you contact Jeep thru the link above and ask them for a Build Sheet they will email you everything your Jeep left the factory with.
Very useful unless someone did a swap. However only a moron would swap an 8.25 out to put in a D35.

So if it says D35 it could still go either way, if it says 8.25 you can be reasonably certain its correct.
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Old Dec 3, 2010 | 08:37 AM
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Ya 98jeepsrt6's pic is spot on. You can actually tell how heavy duty the 8.25 is compared to the dana 35.
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Old Feb 2, 2011 | 09:27 PM
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Originally Posted by ezab
http://www.jeep.com/wccsapp/universa...ull&category=U

If you contact Jeep thru the link above and ask them for a Build Sheet they will email you everything your Jeep left the factory with.

THNAKS!
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Old Feb 2, 2011 | 09:34 PM
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Te circular one with the FLAT bottom Is 8.25, what I have. If it Dosent have a flat bottom and almost perfect circle sides, it's the d35

Google both and compare them to what you have... Lol
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Old Feb 2, 2011 | 10:18 PM
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Originally Posted by dukie564
Not true - my 95 has a c8.25 with a rubber fill plug
This fill plug looks like it's almost at the halfway point on the axle. Mine sits much lower down.
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Old Feb 2, 2011 | 11:35 PM
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Thanks for the pics. I have been wondering what diff I have since I got my xj.
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Old Feb 3, 2011 | 12:18 AM
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Originally Posted by Switch_knuckles
Thanks for the pics. I have been wondering what diff I have since I got my xj.
It's not a diff, 85+ cherokees had no diff just axles

"The new two-wheel-drive models shared the front suspension with four-wheel-drive models. Jeep simply used a single axle tube from hub to hub with no differential between, resulting in a low added cost front suspension."

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Old Feb 3, 2011 | 08:00 AM
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Originally Posted by gms0623
It's not a diff, 85+ cherokees had no diff just axles

"The new two-wheel-drive models shared the front suspension with four-wheel-drive models. Jeep simply used a single axle tube from hub to hub with no differential between, resulting in a low added cost front suspension."
what are you talking about?

4x4 = differentials front and rear
4x2 = differential rear only, straight axle in front
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Old Feb 3, 2011 | 08:04 AM
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Originally Posted by gms0623

It's not a diff, 85+ cherokees had no diff just axles

"The new two-wheel-drive models shared the front suspension with four-wheel-drive models. Jeep simply used a single axle tube from hub to hub with no differential between, resulting in a low added cost front suspension."
Only for the front if 2wd's
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