i recently went to change my diff fluid on my rear end(dana 35) on my 2003 tj sport. i have a 3" bds lift with all the bells and whistles and am hoping in the future to run a home-brew 4.5" or 6" long arm kit. When i went to change the diff fluid, i noticed metal shavings in the fluid and when i looked closer i noticed that the pinion mate gears are completely chewed up. So my question is do i fix this and god ahead with superior axles attempt at strengthening the notorious dana 35 or should i start working on a junkyard ford 8.8 with a dana 44 and 3.73's? ive looked at both and the costs will be about the same (about $1020 for the superior kit and about $1200 all in with all the necessary brackets and the axle itself for the ford 8.8) thanks!
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Originally posted by mdogger21 View Postor should i start working on a junkyard ford 8.8 with a dana 44 and 3.73's?
But to be serious it depends on your future goals. If you don't plan on running much bigger than a 35/36" tire, i would go with the 8.8. If you plan on going to 37's or bigger then forget all of the above and go with a 60. Rear 60's can be had dirt cheap, i got mine for 50 bucks basically (most of the time they sell for about 100)
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Why not introduce yourself in the Newbie Section. Looks like you own the Jeep I see at UConn all the time.
As for the axle I wouldn't spend the money on the super 35 when you could be building a stronger axle for about the same costLast edited by Krazors001; 03-17-2009, 04:51 PM.
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Originally posted by mdogger21 View Postanyone have any suggestions as to where to go for an 8.8 or a dana 60 then since its unanimous to drop the d35 hahah1996 xj, waggy 44 front 5.13 gears aussie trussed, 3 links, 3.5" coils, spooled 8.8 rear, 38" tsl sx's, tnt front bumper, jesus freaks rear bumper, Olympic top hat roof rack, bunch of dumb shit
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When did the ranger come with 8.8, last I checked the ranger rears were something like 7.5Shane "The Bag" Carlson
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I *think* the Ranger 8.8's are 28 spline and drums?????? 95+ Explorer are 31 spline and disc.- 99TJ 4.0 4.5 RE springs, Clayton 5in LA stretch, GenRight Armor, 35x12.50 bfg mt, currie hp9 rear w/ 35 spline detroit, hp44 w/ arb and 4340 axles, k/n fipk, banks headers, warn xd9000i
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