Hi Earle,
I'm guessing their only option is to find another aluminum 44 from
a bone yard, without the telltale teeth marks. Maybe they have a cross
reference that'll say if the cast-iron TJ may bolt in:
http://www.----------.com/temp/axle_id_chart.pdf My brother-in-law just
bought one for twenty five hundred though the Stealership:
http://www.----------.com/99cherok.jpg
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------

Earle Horton wrote:
>
> Kate,
>
> Bill came to that conclusion, because Grand Cherokees in that year range are
> famous for failing in that way. Bill, given that that is the failure, does
> the original poster have the option of replacing his rear end with something
> of a more suitable material?
>
> Earle

 

Hi Earle,
I'm guessing their only option is to find another aluminum 44 from
a bone yard, without the telltale teeth marks. Maybe they have a cross
reference that'll say if the cast-iron TJ may bolt in:
http://www.----------.com/temp/axle_id_chart.pdf My brother-in-law just
bought one for twenty five hundred though the Stealership:
http://www.----------.com/99cherok.jpg
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------

Earle Horton wrote:
>
> Kate,
>
> Bill came to that conclusion, because Grand Cherokees in that year range are
> famous for failing in that way. Bill, given that that is the failure, does
> the original poster have the option of replacing his rear end with something
> of a more suitable material?
>
> Earle

 

Ouch! Paying twenty-five hundred for a new aluminum center rear end, is
throwing good money after bad. It is like buying a new Chevrolet Vega four
cylinder engine block, after the plated cylinder walls on the original wore
through. In this guy's place, I would be trying to retrofit something,
anything.

Earle

"L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:43C6E2E4.7EF6C0A9@***.net...
> Hi Earle,
> I'm guessing their only option is to find another aluminum 44 from
> a bone yard, without the telltale teeth marks. Maybe they have a cross
> reference that'll say if the cast-iron TJ may bolt in:
> http://www.----------.com/temp/axle_id_chart.pdf My brother-in-law just
> bought one for twenty five hundred though the Stealership:
> http://www.----------.com/99cherok.jpg
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> mailto:--------------------
>
> Earle Horton wrote:
> >
> > Kate,
> >
> > Bill came to that conclusion, because Grand Cherokees in that year range
are
> > famous for failing in that way. Bill, given that that is the failure,
does
> > the original poster have the option of replacing his rear end with
something
> > of a more suitable material?
> >
> > Earle

 

Ouch! Paying twenty-five hundred for a new aluminum center rear end, is
throwing good money after bad. It is like buying a new Chevrolet Vega four
cylinder engine block, after the plated cylinder walls on the original wore
through. In this guy's place, I would be trying to retrofit something,
anything.

Earle

"L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:43C6E2E4.7EF6C0A9@***.net...
> Hi Earle,
> I'm guessing their only option is to find another aluminum 44 from
> a bone yard, without the telltale teeth marks. Maybe they have a cross
> reference that'll say if the cast-iron TJ may bolt in:
> http://www.----------.com/temp/axle_id_chart.pdf My brother-in-law just
> bought one for twenty five hundred though the Stealership:
> http://www.----------.com/99cherok.jpg
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> mailto:--------------------
>
> Earle Horton wrote:
> >
> > Kate,
> >
> > Bill came to that conclusion, because Grand Cherokees in that year range
are
> > famous for failing in that way. Bill, given that that is the failure,
does
> > the original poster have the option of replacing his rear end with
something
> > of a more suitable material?
> >
> > Earle

 

Ouch! Paying twenty-five hundred for a new aluminum center rear end, is
throwing good money after bad. It is like buying a new Chevrolet Vega four
cylinder engine block, after the plated cylinder walls on the original wore
through. In this guy's place, I would be trying to retrofit something,
anything.

Earle

"L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:43C6E2E4.7EF6C0A9@***.net...
> Hi Earle,
> I'm guessing their only option is to find another aluminum 44 from
> a bone yard, without the telltale teeth marks. Maybe they have a cross
> reference that'll say if the cast-iron TJ may bolt in:
> http://www.----------.com/temp/axle_id_chart.pdf My brother-in-law just
> bought one for twenty five hundred though the Stealership:
> http://www.----------.com/99cherok.jpg
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> mailto:--------------------
>
> Earle Horton wrote:
> >
> > Kate,
> >
> > Bill came to that conclusion, because Grand Cherokees in that year range
are
> > famous for failing in that way. Bill, given that that is the failure,
does
> > the original poster have the option of replacing his rear end with
something
> > of a more suitable material?
> >
> > Earle

 

man go to another shop
if the gears are ggod a beraing or 2 is awhole lot cheaper than 1800.00
thats dam near the cost of a new complete axle from jeep

dash wrote:

> Just got my jeep back from the shop and apparently it's bad bearings. Said
> they'd have to tear it down to see if the gears are bad. $1800+ for a jeep
> with 200K miles...
>
> How tough would it be to buy a salvaged rear-end and swap them out?

 

man go to another shop
if the gears are ggod a beraing or 2 is awhole lot cheaper than 1800.00
thats dam near the cost of a new complete axle from jeep

dash wrote:

> Just got my jeep back from the shop and apparently it's bad bearings. Said
> they'd have to tear it down to see if the gears are bad. $1800+ for a jeep
> with 200K miles...
>
> How tough would it be to buy a salvaged rear-end and swap them out?

 

man go to another shop
if the gears are ggod a beraing or 2 is awhole lot cheaper than 1800.00
thats dam near the cost of a new complete axle from jeep

dash wrote:

> Just got my jeep back from the shop and apparently it's bad bearings. Said
> they'd have to tear it down to see if the gears are bad. $1800+ for a jeep
> with 200K miles...
>
> How tough would it be to buy a salvaged rear-end and swap them out?