Dana 30 Differential Replacement (Front End)
03-17-2011, 12:32 PM
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Dana 30 Differential Replacement (Front End)
I had a grinding noise occur and traced it to the front differential of my 1998 5.2L Grand Cherokee.
The shop wants to charge a ridiculous amount to rebuild the differential and said it'd be better if I could just get a replacement.
Now, I'm not too sure where to go from here. Should I just grab a whole front end? I'm having trouble finding just the differential.
Also, I've found a few front ends with the same Dana 30 w/ 3.55 gearing but from a different make (I think it was some Wrangler). Would these work on my Grand Cherokee?
The shop wants to charge a ridiculous amount to rebuild the differential and said it'd be better if I could just get a replacement.
Now, I'm not too sure where to go from here. Should I just grab a whole front end? I'm having trouble finding just the differential.
Also, I've found a few front ends with the same Dana 30 w/ 3.55 gearing but from a different make (I think it was some Wrangler). Would these work on my Grand Cherokee?
03-17-2011, 01:18 PM
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I replaced the whole front axle on my 97 GC I used a axle from a GC A wrangler one will work as will a Cherokee one,but the cherokee one doesn't have any adjustments on the lower control arms.
03-17-2011, 01:59 PM
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Ok great. I'm not worried about any axle mounting issues, all I need is the differential itself. It's just easier to find a full assembly
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