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Fish1200
08-16-2008, 09:55 PM
in the process of 2 wheel swapping my DD v8 zj. took out front drive shaft. already welded d35 for traction and exploded. goin to junkyard to get 8.8 rear and look for 2 wheel front end off zj. maybe a xj too anyone know if those will work. should. got 231t case need to install. 8.8 will get put under tomorrow, sunday.

BigDaveZJ
08-16-2008, 10:13 PM
Are you plannng on welding the 8.8 too? Welding the diff on a DD is pretty much the dumbest thing ever.

DJJordache
08-16-2008, 10:36 PM
why are you converting to 2wd?

BigDaveZJ
08-16-2008, 11:09 PM
why are you converting to 2wd?

I'm gonna go out a limb and guess he thinks he'll get like 4 more mpg. :smt108

dp96zj
08-16-2008, 11:19 PM
Taking the heep on the drag racing strip probably...

dangerousdave
08-17-2008, 12:49 AM
just a thought but why not pull the drive shaft and leave it at that.... then you are 2wd and you have the option of 4wd if you need it. If you are doing this to save on gas your not gonna save that much.

Then I think if you want to be anal you could open the diff. remove the carrier and axle shafts Put the diff. cover back on and bolt the hubs back on. Then you now have a 2wd axle. this would save you the trouble of pulling the axle and realignment.

BigDaveZJ
08-17-2008, 01:00 AM
just a thought but why not pull the drive shaft and leave it at that.... then you are 2wd and you have the option of 4wd if you need it. If you are doing this to save on gas your not gonna save that much.

Then I think if you want to be anal you could open the diff. remove the carrier and axle shafts Put the diff. cover back on and bolt the hubs back on. Then you now have a 2wd axle. this would save you the trouble of pulling the axle and realignment.

Your hubs would also explode causing your wheels to come off at a most unopportune time. The unit bearings on our D30's require the outer shaft to still be in the hub.

dangerousdave
08-17-2008, 01:03 AM
seemed like a good idea.

I would just ditch the drive shaft then.

BigDaveZJ
08-17-2008, 01:03 AM
You can still pull the carrier and inner shafts if you want. I carry outers with me on the trail in case I grenade something inside my 30.

dangerousdave
08-17-2008, 01:07 AM
very true that would work. After thinking about it you would need to keep the outer like dave is saying remove it from the the axle at the u-joint and reinstall it back into the hub.

Why are you doing a 2wd swap?

DJJordache
08-17-2008, 10:54 PM
I'm gonna go out a limb and guess he thinks he'll get like 4 more mpg. :smt108
thats funny b/c I didn't loose much of anything by swapping TO 4wd:D and adding a couple 100 lbs of front axle, tcase, front ds, etc.... I did not have much change in MPG.
it is CERTAINLY not worth the effort to swap to 2wd just for maybe 1 mpg if your doing it for mpg reasons get a civic or something if you need mpg...

Fish1200
08-21-2008, 09:01 PM
its for drag racing on the DD, but on my wheelin rig right now i got a gutted exploded 30 with the u joints torched off so i can bolt my hubs together and its perma 2 wheel on that axle. yea dont just remove the shaft. and welding is not the dumbest thing ever. on this DD 2 wheel i am running a 35 and welded it and its doing fine on stock tires. drives great for welded and hooks when i need to go.

and i have the front shaft out and now it slips power through the front yolk because its a open center diff. but i have a 231 from a pre 95 4.0 and hope it bolts right into my 93 5.2 it also rolls in park now on a hill, have to pull e-brake everytime. need to swap soon.

wish they made a adaptor to put on the tranny to get rid of the transfer case and go straight to a yolk. just get a longer drive shaft.

and the drag is way less in 2 wheel and get better mpg cause my 249 is shot, bad viscous coupler.

anyone got 2 wheel drive front end for my 93zj?

CurtP
08-21-2008, 09:21 PM
http://gallery.me.com/curt.phillips/100110/wtfsthis/web.jpg

dangerousdave
08-21-2008, 09:38 PM
drag racing a zj? what are you racing against? and what mods do you have to give you a edge? or are you just getting started?

DJJordache
08-21-2008, 10:01 PM
http://gallery.me.com/curt.phillips/100110/wtfsthis/web.jpg

EX-a-muthafuckin-ACTLY! WTF! a welded 35 for a blown 5.2 and street racing it at that! sHIT! THIs Is sO FUCKED UP THAT MY CAPITAL s NO LONGER WORKs ON MY KEYBOARD! FAWK!:smt101

BigDaveZJ
08-21-2008, 10:22 PM
This shit is done . . . . .