Jeep Cherokee 8 1/4 to an A body ?
The jeeps have an overdrive transmission so most of the jeeps have 3.55 or numerically higher gear ratios. Really check your local salvage yard good for a rear end. I went to my local salvage yard and asked if they had an 8 1/4 out of an Abody and they said no we havent had one for years, as a kid i remembered old darts, mopars, etc... there so i went to there rear end pile way out in the corner of the field and underneath two truck dana 60s i saw it and knew exactly what it was. I measered it out and sure enough it was an A body 8 1/4.
My 8 1/4 is a 27 spline axle 2.71 non suregrip, the beauty of the 8 1/4 is that you can make it as strong as an 8 3/4 but it will be lighter weight through the use of the rear cover to support the main caps, rear end brace which bolts on to the rear cover and upgrade to a 29 spline suregrip from a dakota or jeep and have custom 29 spline axles made. Also you can upgrade to rear discs. And all this is all mopar and mostly stock
The jeeps have an overdrive transmission so most of the jeeps have 3.55 or numerically higher gear ratios. Really check your local salvage yard good for a rear end. I went to my local salvage yard and asked if they had an 8 1/4 out of an Abody and they said no we havent had one for years, as a kid i remembered old darts, mopars, etc... there so i went to there rear end pile way out in the corner of the field and underneath two truck dana 60s i saw it and knew exactly what it was. I measered it out and sure enough it was an A body 8 1/4.
My 8 1/4 is a 27 spline axle 2.71 non suregrip, the beauty of the 8 1/4 is that you can make it as strong as an 8 3/4 but it will be lighter weight through the use of the rear cover to support the main caps, rear end brace which bolts on to the rear cover and upgrade to a 29 spline suregrip from a dakota or jeep and have custom 29 spline axles made. Also you can upgrade to rear discs. And all this is all mopar and mostly stock
