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Old 04-14-2011, 02:38 PM
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I just changed the front dana 30 on my brothers 91 xj and swapped in a vacuum dana 30 drove it about 40 yards and now it won't move the front at all. jacked it up tires wont spin either.
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wow, that sucks.
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Pull the diff cover and have a look inside. Post pics too.
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Was there oil in it to start with? I don't think in just 40 yards you could freeze a gearset from no oil. My first though is that something was floating around in the axle and is now stuck
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check the back lash and radial run out sounds like ur binding up
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