Anyone ever put a ford 10.25 inch rear end under an xj or any other rig?
Looking at maybe doin this if I can find all the aftermarket parts like axle shafts, gears, lockers, bearings.

 

The unibody will need a lot of reinforcement for all that unsprung weight. I am swapping one of those at school on a truck and the axle weighs at least 550 lbs.

 

Is there decent aftermarket support for the axle?

 

OVERKILL. lol. JMO

 

for sure its overkill but...

 

i dont think you will have to worry about any aftermarket support as that is one stout axle. it would take a bit to break it.

 

Im not worried about breaking it but if I tear it apart to rebuild it before I put it in, will it be like trying to get parts in alaska?

 

Check out pirate 4x4 man. If you gotta ask about a swap you should do a ton more research before you attempt a swap. What size tires are you looking to run. Should be 38's+. Tons of guys run them, I think xclusivexj runs one and cte has one but idk if it has been installed yet.

 

its been done. the one downfall is the lack of aftermarket support.

 

What aftermarket stuff you want? There's gears and lockers and disc brake kits. There's tons of them in junk yards. And its not gonna break in a cherokee. Gears down to 7.17 full spool and detroit and arb.

 

thanks and I will let everyone know if I end up doing this.

 

They have all the gears and most lockers you'd want. The only worry is the axle tubes can spin loose from the differential. All that takes is welding the tubes to it, though. I wouldn't run one unless, like stated before, you were gonna run 38's or bigger. Here's my buddies build thread and he's using one. Check it out. I think he's gonna run 42's though

https://www.cherokeeforum.com/f46/zj...00894/index11/

 

Gave that build thread a quick look. Thats a bad zj.

 

Yeah, he's got some good stuff goin' on