What axles do Jeep Cherokee have?

SJ Wagoneer: Grand Wagoneers, Full Size Wagoneers and Full Size Cherokees/Cherokee Chiefs came standard with Dana 44 front axles, and either the Dana 44 or AMC 20 rear axles.

How do I know what rear end my Jeep has?

The first thing to do is to identify the axle by cleaning the fill plug on the back cover. Look at the inscription of the plug to find out the style of the rear end. In this example, Rich has a “Dana” style rear end.

Is Jeep Cherokee solid axle?

Meanwhile, Jeep dropped the solid front axle in the transition from the XJ Cherokee to the Liberty and then went to a four-wheel independent setup when the Liberty was replaced with the new Cherokee.

What rear axle is in an XJ?

Dana 44
The Dana 44 is the unobtanium of XJ rear axles, or so many people seem to think. We run across them pretty frequently in junkyards.

What axles are in a XJ?

What axles came in the XJ? XJ’s all have a Dana 30 axle in the front.

What type of differential do I have?

The easiest way to tell if you have an open differential is to jack up the car and spin one of the rear tires. If the other wheel spins in the opposite direction, you have an open differential. If it spins in the same direction, you have a limited slip differential, or LSD.

What axles are in Jeep XJ?

How do you tell if your Jeep has a Dana 35 or Dana 44?

The easiest way to tell these axles apart is to look at the shape of the differential cover. The Dana 35 cover is pretty much perfectly round. The Dana 44 is sort of a six-sided shape. A Dana 35 (left) compared to a Dana 44 (right).

What year Cherokee has solid axle?

How to beef up your Grand Cherokee. The Grand Cherokee has had several generations since its initial introduction in 1993. The ZJ ran from ’93-’98, WJ, the last Grand with front and rear solid axles, from ’99-’04, WK , the last Grand with a solid rear axle, from ’05-’10, and WKII from ’11-present.

Does the Jeep Cherokee XJ have a solid front axle?

All Cherokees(XJ) had solid front axles.

What axles are in a stock Jeep XJ?

XJ’s all have a Dana 30 axle in the front.

What Jeeps have Dana 30 axles?

The new Jeep® Wrangler JL comes with redesigned Dana axles as standard equipment. The Wrangler Sport and Sahara come with Dana 30™ axles in front and Dana 35™ AdvanTEK® axles in the rear, while the Rubicon comes equipped with Dana 44™ AdvanTEK® axles in front and rear.

What Jeeps have Dana 44 axles?

How do I know if my Jeep has limited slip differential?

What year jeeps came with Dana 44 axles?

2003
In 2003, the highly anticipated Jeep Wrangler Rubicon rolled onto the scene with Dana 44 axles equipped with selectable air lockers. Though the TJ Dana 44s had advantages over the anemic Dana 30 and 35, it wasn’t until the 2007 release of the Jeep Wrangler JK that the Dana 44 as we knew it was all but reinvented.