Checking out which rear end my XJ is equipped with because l noticed its one of the questions on the life kit info. The rear appears to be a Dana 35 and the front a Dana 44. If l am incorrect please feel free to correct me. Also curious as to standard gears in these things. Mine is a ex government vehicle so it is equipped with a 3.55 sure grip. I am guessing most would be 2.76 or 3.23 peg leg geared. Thanks and this is a great sute wuth lots of good info.



Front Dana 44.








Dana 35 rear.

 

That's a Dana 30 front and 35 rear.

All Cherokees came with Dana 30 fronts.

Most 4.0/auto XJ's have 3.55 gears. Some came with tow packages with 3.73s. 5 speeds had 3.07s and all 4 cylinders had 4.10s.

The factory limited slip diffs are called "trak-loc"

 

Not according to the tag. If you look at the tag on the left side of your pic, the bill of materials number appears to be 610503-7. The Dana Expert site is down at the moment, but this list shows that as a Dana 30:

610503 JEEP 30 FRONT 1994 1/2-97 XJ NON-DISCONNECT, ABS

I can't read the BOM on the rear, but it's definitely a D35. You can also see on both tags that the gears are 3.55.

 

Thanks for the input. Very curious about the dana expert site,any links would be appreciated.

 

Have you been looking on Jeep Forum?? Just joking. Stick around there is lots to learn on here.

 

Sorry, I should have included that:

http://www2.dana.com/expert/

The "Axle Bill of Materials" link takes you to the search, but I linked the main page because there is other interesting stuff there. The BOM is basically Dana's product number.

And West Coast Differentials has a very good page showing how to identify axles and read tags from various manufacturers (including Dana):

http://www.differentials.com/technic...identification

I have this page bookmarked on my phone as a handy reference for when I'm in the junk yard.

 

Thanks l will check it out.

 

lmao good one