Atmospheres1st

I swapped my stock 97' Chreokee Dana 35 rear axle out for a Chry 8.25 , it came off a 88' Cherokee , is there a way to tell what the spline count is without taking the cover off or pulling a axle?

94XjSport94

There wasn't a 8.25 in an 88. If you mean a 98... It's a 29 spline

Atmospheres1st

It was a donor jeep , but definatly wasn't a 98' it was the older body style , crap maybe that one had a axle swap. He might have mentioned it came off a Comanche originally , did they have a 8.25? But it is definitely a 8.25. Now what do I do?

Atmospheres1st

Ok well I called my buddy that hooked me up with the axle from his friend and the Jeep was a 88' so someone had swapped that into that Jeep , I guess the only way is to pull the diff cover and count the splines...right?

HudsonN

Yeah unless you got some sort of X-ray vision.

94XjSport94

Holy hell. Post a picture of the diff cover.

Atmospheres1st

Easy there smart*** , I will post a pic. Thanks for the help.

HudsonN

Are you sure it's an 8.25?

Atmospheres1st

That's what dude told me , the axle tube is quit a bit bigger in diameter then the D35 I took out , had to get bigger u-bolts

94XjSport94

Ok that is an 8.25. Not out of an 88 though.


MJ's didn't come with them either. There isn't a way to check with out pullin the cover and counting unless you figure out if it's pre 96 or 97+

Atmospheres1st

Ok , thanks man , I'll pull it this weekend. Thanks again,

94XjSport94

What I'm here for

Atmospheres1st

If this was Facebook....I would LIKE that comment...lmao. glad its not

831xj

I have both a 27 and 29 spline 8.25s ill check when home and see if any significant numbers that we could tell the difference

Atmospheres1st

I appreciate that