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Sep 5, 2018 | 09:32 AM

Absosecur

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Cherokee rearend help

i need to buy a loaded carrier with locker but i dont know where to find best buy. Dont know what brands are better than others. Please someone help and please advise me with this. Im broke down and need this resolved but want the right stuff and that its not overpriced.
Thanks, Howard

Sep 5, 2018 | 09:41 AM

tinytrax78

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more info will help . Do you know what rear end is in it ? gear ratio ? year? pics help too

Sep 5, 2018 | 10:07 AM

00t444e

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What axle is it? If it's a Dana 35 I wouldn't waste money on it, if it's a Chrysler 8.25 then a Detroit locker is good if you want a full case locker and not a drop in like a Spartan, Aussie, or Lock right.

Sep 5, 2018 | 10:08 AM

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more info will help . Do you know what rear end is in it ? gear ratio ? year? pics help too

sorry yes i do. Its a 95 grand cherokee limited 5.2 v8 4x4. Rearend is a dans 35 disc brakes 3.73 gears. Cant do pics im at work jeep at shop.the plate on chunk is oval type with rubber fill plug.

Sep 5, 2018 | 10:25 AM

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it is a dana 35 and im away from home so im keeping the same rearend housing because i dont want the added expense of lining up and welding long travel arm brackets onto new rearend. So for a dana 35 3.73 gears what brands are good spicer or what should i shop for.

Sep 5, 2018 | 11:08 AM

00t444e

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Dana, Yukon, USA Standard, and Revolution are all good gears. Also are you sure it's a Dana 35? Most v8s Came with the Dana 44a rear. You could swap one of those in, and It would be cheaper.

Sep 5, 2018 | 05:11 PM

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I was told dana 35. Oval plate with rubber fill plug

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Sep 5, 2018 | 07:31 PM

00t444e

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Sounds like it is a Dana 35 then, it is odd that they would put a Dana 35 behind a V8, that isn't a good combination as you found out.

Sep 5, 2018 | 10:42 PM

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Sounds like it is a Dana 35 then, it is odd that they would put a Dana 35 behind a V8, that isn't a good combination as you found out.

Very normal. That's the rearend that has the disc brakes we use on xJs.

Sep 6, 2018 | 05:52 AM

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00t444e

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Very normal. That's the rearend that has the disc brakes we use on xJs.

The V8 ZJs I have seen had the Dana 44a not the Dana 35.

Sep 6, 2018 | 07:06 AM

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Well, every ZJ I've parted out, both six and eight , had 35s. The v8s had a full time transfer case though. You thinking wJ?

Sep 6, 2018 | 07:44 AM

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Well, every ZJ I've parted out, both six and eight , had 35s. The v8s had a full time transfer case though. You thinking wJ?

Maybe the earlier years have the Dana 35, I have seen the Dana 44a in the 97 and 98 model V8 ZJs.

Sep 10, 2018 | 07:36 PM

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I cant find my receipt to tell you guys what i actuall bought but it is a limited slip differential. It is posi trac until it reaches a certain torque and then it wil slip as i am told. My question is this. Is it possible to put a locker on this set up or is there a need to???