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A friend of mine junks cars for a living. He must be doing pretty good at it since he just bought himself a used rollback. But onto my story. He dropped off a free 98 Cherokee with a non-cad Dana 30 with 3.55 gears and rolling on 31's in my driveway! Told me that I could pull whatever I wanted from it as long as he gets it back by the 9th so he can take it to the scrap yard.
I know I'm going to hear it from the "Why not wait till you get the money for a D44?" people. Did I mention before that it was FREE?!? If its free, and I have a use for it, I'm all over it. I had a few questions for the guys running the long arm kits on their Dana 30's. Dimensions and stuff like that. I was going to hit my local steel supply yard and weld up my own long arms. But I was hoping for some measurements so I can get into the ballpark without making them too long or too short. Any help would be appreciated.
Onto my next question, I was going to swap a 8.8 with 3.73 gears into the back of my truck when I was going to do the front swap. The only problem is that I can't seem to find reverse cut 3.73 gears for the 30 without breaking the bank. I did mention before that if it was free I was all over it?? But seriously, everybody seems to want $200 or more for 3.73 gears. Craigslist, Ebay, and other forums are all the same. Would it be just cheaper just to leave the 3.55 gears in the 30 and go find matching gears for the 8.8?
I know I'm going to hear it from the "Why not wait till you get the money for a D44?" people. Did I mention before that it was FREE?!? If its free, and I have a use for it, I'm all over it. I had a few questions for the guys running the long arm kits on their Dana 30's. Dimensions and stuff like that. I was going to hit my local steel supply yard and weld up my own long arms. But I was hoping for some measurements so I can get into the ballpark without making them too long or too short. Any help would be appreciated.
Onto my next question, I was going to swap a 8.8 with 3.73 gears into the back of my truck when I was going to do the front swap. The only problem is that I can't seem to find reverse cut 3.73 gears for the 30 without breaking the bank. I did mention before that if it was free I was all over it?? But seriously, everybody seems to want $200 or more for 3.73 gears. Craigslist, Ebay, and other forums are all the same. Would it be just cheaper just to leave the 3.55 gears in the 30 and go find matching gears for the 8.8?