Ok I'm thinking about doin a axle swap but just don't know what axles to put under my xj. Any ideas??

 

What's your budget? What are your plans for the XJ lift and tire size wise? The more info, the easier to help.

 

What kind of off-roading are you doing? What size tires you wanna be able to use?

Do a search for axle swaps, there's been tons of topics on it.

 

What do you plan on doing with the Jeep? What's the max tire sire you're looking to run?

Chrysler 8.25 29 spline is a direct bolt in upgrade, Dana 44 from an older XJ is a direct bolt in upgrade or you can go with the Ford 8.8 but that will require cutting off the brackets and welding new ones on. Those all come down to availability and how much work you want to put into it.

 

A little of everything offroad wise but I want to be able to run 35s and not have to worry about it at all

 

The ford 8.8 would be a great axle to swap to. It takes a little work but nothing a welder can't handle(spring perches and shock mounts). Also you get disc brakes. It's a great upgrade for a wheeler

 

ok, so 35's and all types of wheeling. what are your skills? can you wrench? weld? can you make brackets?

If you can't weld i would get a 8.25/d44 rear. chrome shafts and locker/gears, and chrome shafts for the front and locker/gears.

If you can I would go big with a D44 front and a D44/D60 rear. do it once. after all the cost of the axles aren't much more then the already planned cost of gears, lockers, shafts, bearings, seals, brackets ect.... building a D30 will cost as much as building a D44, building a rear D44/C8.25 will be close in cost to a D60. just the difference in getting the axles up front. Axle swaps are all or nothing to me, but thats just my opinion.

 

I agree with all above besides the D60 rear. I'd go Ford 9", as they have much more aftermarket support and stronger. Get a D44/9" out of a late 70's F-150.

 

well i did a d 44 in front and a d 60 in rear

 

yeah a 9" would be a great option too. either would work well. a D44/9" should be easy to find.

I did D44's F+R, its works for me and the axles just landed in my lap so i went with it as my max tire size will be 35's... but if i where looking i would look for a 9"/D60...

 

And remember a 44/9 or D60 will likely be full width. If you want to keep your track, you can do waggy axles, do the D44/upgraded D30, narrow the full widths, or have custom axles made.

 

14 bolt. rear is easy but making a 14 bolt front is a bit of a task. if you only want to do it once, 14 bolt is the way to go.

 

^ 6 lug club! lol, I also liked the fact that the waggy axles where correct width. didn't need to narrow it, which saved a ot of money for me. but the J20 or maybe J10 trucks had a rare narrow track D60 that was 61.5". had I known this when I did mine I would've tracked it down, its rare and I have only read about it on axle sites so don't knwo its 100% true but have read it from more then 2-3 resources...

 

only for big tires... 37+ the diff hits everything lol, 14B is a rock plow. my buddys 14BFF gets in the way sometimes and he has 40" tires...