TrailBeast
AKA Mopars4us on Youtube
I have some stuff I could trade if someone has one laying around that they don't need.
Thank you all.
The Updated part.
Ok, so today I went to the local pick a part and checked out some details on the Jeep Grand Cherokee disc brake rear ends as a possible disc brake sure grip donor to get rid of my 7.25 open.
They have a literal collection of 8.25 and Dana 44's, but no sure grips at all.
Some are 5x5.5 bolt pattern also, but I'm looking at the 4x4.5 and they had somewhere around 10 of them.
They had one Jeep Cherokee with a 60 inch wide Dana 60 non locking with a 5 on 5.5 pattern but I don't need a rear that big and I don't want to have to end up with different patterns between the front and rear. (why it was in a 4x4 and non locking is a mystery to me)
It was also a drum brake rear, and if I'm going to go through all this I want four wheel disc brakes out of the deal.
The 8.25 open carrier rear with disc brakes included they said would run me about 150 bucks with the core charge of 25 bucks included.
I can do the cutting and welding here.
At about 60 inches wide flange to flange it would require uninstalling a couple of inches from the axle tubes and axles.
I would need .5 inch larger shock mount plates to go from a 2.5 inch tube to a 3 inch. Maybe just oblong each Ubolt hole .25 and use different Ubolts.
There is also the fact of having high 3.? gears in them. (not good the way I need to drive usually)
Perches would have to be added to the 8.25 and all the four link and coil spring stuff removed.
Then after ALL that I still have a non sure grip.
But I could always add the sure grip/locker down the road.
Thank you all.
The Updated part.
Ok, so today I went to the local pick a part and checked out some details on the Jeep Grand Cherokee disc brake rear ends as a possible disc brake sure grip donor to get rid of my 7.25 open.
They have a literal collection of 8.25 and Dana 44's, but no sure grips at all.
Some are 5x5.5 bolt pattern also, but I'm looking at the 4x4.5 and they had somewhere around 10 of them.
They had one Jeep Cherokee with a 60 inch wide Dana 60 non locking with a 5 on 5.5 pattern but I don't need a rear that big and I don't want to have to end up with different patterns between the front and rear. (why it was in a 4x4 and non locking is a mystery to me)
It was also a drum brake rear, and if I'm going to go through all this I want four wheel disc brakes out of the deal.
The 8.25 open carrier rear with disc brakes included they said would run me about 150 bucks with the core charge of 25 bucks included.
I can do the cutting and welding here.
At about 60 inches wide flange to flange it would require uninstalling a couple of inches from the axle tubes and axles.
I would need .5 inch larger shock mount plates to go from a 2.5 inch tube to a 3 inch. Maybe just oblong each Ubolt hole .25 and use different Ubolts.
There is also the fact of having high 3.? gears in them. (not good the way I need to drive usually)
Perches would have to be added to the 8.25 and all the four link and coil spring stuff removed.
Then after ALL that I still have a non sure grip.
But I could always add the sure grip/locker down the road.
