I have a 95 grand Cherokee I was wondering if anyone has welded the spider gears and if they hold up. I have welded gears before in other vehicles but not a jeep. I was wondering if they are strong enough. Thanks

 

what axle/gears? if its a d35 dont i have welded gears in my dd and a locker in my off road only and they both perform close to the same, minus the fact that you cant un lock it haha

 

This is just off road. I don't really want to spend the money on a locker right now.

 

what axle and gear ratio is in it?

 

Oh ya I probably should specify this is for the rear.

 

I'm not sure I don't know much about it other than its stock. Sorry

 

i assumed it was for the rear lol, is it a v8?

 

No 4.0. 3.5 inch lift and 33s inch boggers on it.

 

just be easy im going to guess its a d35 with 3.73 ish ?? if so it will hold for now, i would recommend a d44 axle swap front and rear if you have the recourses

 

Thanks for the help. What can I get other axles out of? And how can I tell the axles apart.

 

a v8 zj will swap in direct, anything else will take some fabbing, they should have a small i.d. strip on the diff cover , if not look at the cover and look up pics of the axles i have a diff cover i.d. sheet if there is anything else i can do just let me know

 

Ok thanks again for the help.

 

No problem

 

If it's a 4L it's a D35. You can get a 44a out of a V8 ZJ that will bolt right in but will have 3.73s and you prob have 3.55s so you would need to swap the front as well. The 44a isn't as strong as a regular 44. It has an aluminum center section and c-clip axles like the 35 but the shafts are stronger and it's good with the 33s and 35s without a heavy foot even welded.

 

There is a small chance he has the 8.25C axle in the rear. Cant remember the exact yr/yrs they used what was in house but that axle actually made its way under a few of the ZJs. I think it was 96-97 era. Only behind the 4.0 though.