8.75 and 8.25 ready to go in (almost)

Righty Tighty said

I've tried some searches to find info on Chrysler 8.25 rears and their compatibility with A bodies, but haven't found real definitive answers. So, I take it they are compatible with possibly some trimming of the housing/drive shaft shortening? I found a rear from a '92 Cherokee that I think I'm gonna try on my '71 Scamp. Thoughts?

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What you need to do is a google search for the length of your axle, and then the length of different Chrysler axles.
Of course anything can be done with shortening and custom length axles.
Dr. Diff has the axles, or can make them any length you need.
If I remember they run about 300 a set.

Then you come up with stuff like this.
An accurate 8 3/4" rear axle width list

And this.
about 55.5 quick rough measurement.
From here. https://www.jeepforum.com/forum/f28/looking-kk-kj-rear-axle-widths-964526/

So the difference between the A body Mopar rear at 51.5 and the Liberty rear at 55.5 gives 2 inches difference per side.
This can be done without cutting and shortening if you get wheels with the backspacing required.
Or cut 2 inches off the axle.

It definitely takes some investigation, and I NEVER take one or two search results as the definitive answer.