Parts? Everything is interchangeable between the two except for gears.

 

What would you be risking? If your not stupid enough to put it in four wheel then there is nothing to worry about.

 

Understandable, if I was him I would just prep the axle with brackets and such and get gears for the front and install them at the same time

 

Parts I already have...like a HP diff.....

Didnt say they weren't interchangeable, just said my OEM stuff is better than a swapped in LP axle. And in all reality you don't gain much by swapping to a 3.73 gear. Not much different from stock.

 

I dont think he is trying to gain much by only going up to 3.73's, he is wanting a viable solution about how to match the front axle's gears to the 8.8. I was simply giving the idea of a LP zj front axle so that he could decide if he wanted to do that instead of buy new gears, install kit, and pay someone to do them if he doesnt already know how.
In all reality he would save alot of money by doing that, go to the JY and find a V8 zj, get the axle for 100$ (or around there, here they go for 75$ and under) or less and then swap over the shafts if he wants. Sure he would have a LP axle, but with the money he saved he could buy chromoly shafts or maybe a lockright. After all is said and done he could have a LP dana 30 with the correct gears AND chromos or Locker .

Which to me would be better then spending several hundred on gears and ending up with the same stock axle with slightly lower gears.

 

Have you tried the VENDOR FORUM here?

 

even in 2wd, his front drive shaft will still turn. it's turning because of the gears in the axle, not the chain in the t-case.
so no, i wouldn't risk running in 2wd with the front drive shaft in place with different gear ratios.

unless you want to prove me wrong...

 

That's what I was thinking, it still turned in the t case so you don't want things spinning at different rates even if its not mashed to provide power

 

The gear ratio is not that far off 3.55 front 373 rear is that still a problem

 

Just pull the front drive shaft and run it till you get the front gears. And yes I have seen a ring and pinion grenade before the axles or the u joints. It's all in how the torque is transmitted through the axle.

 

Ok well I'm going to take it off and order 3.73 off line for $178 I'm not trying to gain anything off the 3.73, I just like the 8.8 and different yoke set up

 

yeah, 3.73 and 3.55 are too far off.

 

I just put my 8.8 on and I couldn't get out of the garage my front end started to bind up do you know what year jeep make and model I can get a dana 30 with 373,

 

Is I were you I would just take out the front shaft till you can get new gears

 

I take in the front drive shaft out my back gears are not gonna mess up the t case because it's not spinning in connecting to the front axel right