Lol thanks dude, I'm redoing the roofrack to make it removable, fab up some sort of bolt on design but not too sure if I wanna invest my time in it till I get the motivation to remove it and clean up the roof a bit, u can imagine how beat my roof looks from welding on my mounting points lol

Ok so to broaden my search at pick a part I'm not only looking at Cherokees but gonna be looking for 3rd gen dakotas that had the ax15 4wd as well, hopefully one with an internal slave cylinder like mine, but if I find one with an external slave can I still make it work?

 

Actually couldn't I also look at certain year wranglers?

 

I don't think anyone's mentioned that the 89 front axle may or may not have the vacuum disconnect. If so some modification would be required to make it work correctly.

 

How do I know I'm getting a correct axle?

 

1993+ is non vac. 1995-1999 all have bigger ujoints. those are the best ones

 

right on ill remember that, thanks

this axle did have the vacuum so i passed
my main objective right now should be to find a trans/tc anyways, axle and drivelines etc wont be as difficult to hunt down

 

i hear the d35 isnt a good choice of axle if u plan on running a locker? unless u go with the superior axles' super35 kit?

 

recommendations? ill mention now i dont plan on abusing this thing off road every week, i usually only make an offroad trip once a month to the desert, so i dont want to "overbuild" something but at the same time dont want to settle for "decent"

 

The dana 35 is a weak axle upgrade to a 97 and up 8.25 bolts right up and has larger axle tubes and bigger shafts and for a tranny keep looking on craigslist one will pop up i literaly searched craigslist for 2 seconds one night out of boredom found a 95 xj 5 speed 4 wheel drive drove it home next day and swapped my auto for the manual

 

That's awesome lol ill keep searching haha

Yeah I was considering either a 8.25 or a d44
So u guys recommend upgrading the rear axle before goin 4wd then huh

 

all depends on your max tire size. but I say no get 4x4 asap
drivetrain > axles > tires > armor > suspension

 

97+ 8.25 will be fine IMO only thing that limits you a lot is gears... If you find a good deal i would but i wouldnt want to spend the money on that upgrade then a tranny tc combo suddenly become availablt

 

Yeah I'm just stuck on what I should do first, I mean of I find a trans/tcase I can still run it in 2wd till I get my axles but if I find my rear axle locked and geared then I may not even need 4wd for my kind of off roading

 

True that would work also

 

I'll just see where opportunity lands me cuz I'm not tryin to drain my bank account, ill just see where the best deals are at