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If you run it through the VIN decoder, it will tell you which axle it was built with. If no one has ever replaced it, that's what you got.
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Good info for a noob like me theducksguts. Putting that one in the memory bank.175mm is the Dana 35 rear axle. Easy upgrade is to find a Chrysler 8.25 from 96-01 XJ with the 3.07 gears and stab it in there. Otherwise, those gears are terrible for anything more than a stock tire.
Any 8.25 is an upgrade over that Dana 35, but the 97-01 8.25s were the beefier 29 spline units. '96 still had the 27 spline axles.Easy upgrade is to find a Chrysler 8.25 from 96-01 XJ with the 3.07 gears and stab it in there. Otherwise, those gears are terrible for anything more than a stock tire.
My mistake, I thought the switch over year was 96. Seems it is correct that 97 was the move to 29 spline. Anyways, its an easier upgrade than an 8.8 swap. Sometimes you can find the 8.25 with the unlimited slip too.'96 still had the 27 spline axles.
- Justin