putting cherokee axles into a wrangler
 

I have a 1987 wrangler which needs shorter gears. For the mountains in
haiti. I don't really know what are in there now but they are american
hiway gears. Could be as hi as 3.07 I guess.

I want to put 4.11 gear set in. It has the big six, btw, with a weber carb.

Reading the catalogs it appears that you cannot put 4.11 into a case
which came with 3.27 or whatever. They say 'case change' at 3.54.

Now I really need to pull the case cover and count teeth, but I asked my
mechanic here in port au prince to look for 4.11 axles for me. All the
four bangers came with 4.11 and a lot of them have expired. A lot of 4
banger cherokees were brought over and abused until they sit and rot.
What he says at least.

So, how difficult is it to put axles from a cherokee into a YJ? They
should be the same except for spring mounts, yes?

Re: putting cherokee axles into a wrangler
 

It's a *carrier* change, isn't it ??

Dave Milne, Scotland

"bouki" <nanparadi@domi.org> wrote in message
news:4eeaaf8fe8ab873e52ac143c996c0ff3@news.teranew s.com...
> I have a 1987 wrangler which needs shorter gears. For the mountains in
> haiti. I don't really know what are in there now but they are american
> hiway gears. Could be as hi as 3.07 I guess.
>
> I want to put 4.11 gear set in. It has the big six, btw, with a weber
carb.
>
> Reading the catalogs it appears that you cannot put 4.11 into a case
> which came with 3.27 or whatever. They say 'case change' at 3.54.
>
> Now I really need to pull the case cover and count teeth, but I asked my
> mechanic here in port au prince to look for 4.11 axles for me. All the
> four bangers came with 4.11 and a lot of them have expired. A lot of 4
> banger cherokees were brought over and abused until they sit and rot.
> What he says at least.
>
> So, how difficult is it to put axles from a cherokee into a YJ? They
> should be the same except for spring mounts, yes?
>

Re: putting cherokee axles into a wrangler
 

It's a *carrier* change, isn't it ??

Dave Milne, Scotland

"bouki" <nanparadi@domi.org> wrote in message
news:4eeaaf8fe8ab873e52ac143c996c0ff3@news.teranew s.com...
> I have a 1987 wrangler which needs shorter gears. For the mountains in
> haiti. I don't really know what are in there now but they are american
> hiway gears. Could be as hi as 3.07 I guess.
>
> I want to put 4.11 gear set in. It has the big six, btw, with a weber
carb.
>
> Reading the catalogs it appears that you cannot put 4.11 into a case
> which came with 3.27 or whatever. They say 'case change' at 3.54.
>
> Now I really need to pull the case cover and count teeth, but I asked my
> mechanic here in port au prince to look for 4.11 axles for me. All the
> four bangers came with 4.11 and a lot of them have expired. A lot of 4
> banger cherokees were brought over and abused until they sit and rot.
> What he says at least.
>
> So, how difficult is it to put axles from a cherokee into a YJ? They
> should be the same except for spring mounts, yes?
>

Re: putting cherokee axles into a wrangler
 

It's a *carrier* change, isn't it ??

Dave Milne, Scotland

"bouki" <nanparadi@domi.org> wrote in message
news:4eeaaf8fe8ab873e52ac143c996c0ff3@news.teranew s.com...
> I have a 1987 wrangler which needs shorter gears. For the mountains in
> haiti. I don't really know what are in there now but they are american
> hiway gears. Could be as hi as 3.07 I guess.
>
> I want to put 4.11 gear set in. It has the big six, btw, with a weber
carb.
>
> Reading the catalogs it appears that you cannot put 4.11 into a case
> which came with 3.27 or whatever. They say 'case change' at 3.54.
>
> Now I really need to pull the case cover and count teeth, but I asked my
> mechanic here in port au prince to look for 4.11 axles for me. All the
> four bangers came with 4.11 and a lot of them have expired. A lot of 4
> banger cherokees were brought over and abused until they sit and rot.
> What he says at least.
>
> So, how difficult is it to put axles from a cherokee into a YJ? They
> should be the same except for spring mounts, yes?
>

Re: putting cherokee axles into a wrangler
 

In article <4eeaaf8fe8ab873e52ac143c996c0ff3@news.teranews.co m>, bouki
<nanparadi@domi.org> writes:

>So, how difficult is it to put axles from a cherokee into a YJ? They
>should be the same except for spring mounts, yes?

Probably, but you have some major fabricating to do...rear spring mounts have
to be flipped below the axle, and the front have to be fabbed completely since
the front axle on an XJ cherokee uses coil springs and control arms. My advice,
just get the carriers replaced.
* * *
Matt Macchiarolo
www.townpeddler.com
www.wolverine4wd.org
http://wolverine4wd.org/rigs/macchiarolo_ml.html

Re: putting cherokee axles into a wrangler
 

In article <4eeaaf8fe8ab873e52ac143c996c0ff3@news.teranews.co m>, bouki
<nanparadi@domi.org> writes:

>So, how difficult is it to put axles from a cherokee into a YJ? They
>should be the same except for spring mounts, yes?

Probably, but you have some major fabricating to do...rear spring mounts have
to be flipped below the axle, and the front have to be fabbed completely since
the front axle on an XJ cherokee uses coil springs and control arms. My advice,
just get the carriers replaced.
* * *
Matt Macchiarolo
www.townpeddler.com
www.wolverine4wd.org
http://wolverine4wd.org/rigs/macchiarolo_ml.html

Re: putting cherokee axles into a wrangler
 

In article <4eeaaf8fe8ab873e52ac143c996c0ff3@news.teranews.co m>, bouki
<nanparadi@domi.org> writes:

>So, how difficult is it to put axles from a cherokee into a YJ? They
>should be the same except for spring mounts, yes?

Probably, but you have some major fabricating to do...rear spring mounts have
to be flipped below the axle, and the front have to be fabbed completely since
the front axle on an XJ cherokee uses coil springs and control arms. My advice,
just get the carriers replaced.
* * *
Matt Macchiarolo
www.townpeddler.com
www.wolverine4wd.org
http://wolverine4wd.org/rigs/macchiarolo_ml.html