96cherokeemike

hello all i have a 96 cherokee with the dana 30, surprised? anyways i need new ring gears and such, i found an axle out of a 95 YJ with the same gears, could i swap over the carrier and ring and pinion over to my dana 30? also the guy claims it has a limited slip carrier, ive never heard of this so is this an option with the YJs? and would it work in my xj dana 30? any help is appreciated

Lowrange2

What gears are you needing? I'm assuming they aren't stock... If they were I'd suggest you get an entire axle assembly from a pull a part for 90 bucks and slap it in your Jeep...

As long as they're both High Pinion or Both Low pinion they are interchangable. You can't run high pinion gears in a low pinion axle. They're cut differently.

If you do end up getting them then you'll have to have someone set them up. You can't just bolt them in there. They won't last one ride to walmart if you don't set them up right. You had better find someone really good to set them up as setting up used gearscan be a pain!

And no. YJ Dana 30s did not come with limited slips. He may have installed some sort of locker or LSD.

96cherokeemike

yea they are both high pinion dana 30s, same gears, stock 3.55s. the limited slip thing threw me off and i wasnt sure if they were interchangable, i figured seeing as they are both dana 30s they would be.

Lowrange2

They are. But like I said. Since they are both stock gearing I promise you'll come out cheaper and MUCH easier to just grab a whole new axle assembly from a junk yard.

You can get a complete axle assembly for 99 bucks at a Pull a Part.

If you used his gears:
Initial cost of gears. $2? I wouldn't pay much more...
Labor for gear install -$150~
Master install kit - $75~

96cherokeemike

yea thats true, i found an axle at a pick and pull for 100 bucks with the same gears.

Lowrange2

It's not difficult. 3.55s came stock in 80% of the things...

xjmarc

Very few YJs came with 3.55s so if you go that route double check them. Mine has stock 4.10s and my brother's had 3.07s.

96cherokeemike

thanks for the tip, not sure if ill go that route anymore or not.