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Stock XJ Cherokee Tech. All XJ Non-modified/stock questions go hereXJ (84-01)
All OEM related XJ specific tech. Examples, no start, general maintenance or anything that's stock.
So...I got in an accident that banged up the front of my '99 Cherokee. I replaced the bumper and grill with the one from my 2000 Cherokee.
A day later I noticed that the driver's side LCA bracket also got severely bend.
Saturday (10-26) I tried using heat and sledge to straighten it out, but could only go so far with it still on the Jeep.
On Sunday (10-27) I pulled the front axle.
Here is my plan: Since it will probably take longer to bring the axle to a shop and have them repair / replace the LCA bracket,
I'm planning on pulling the front axle off of the '00 Cherokee and putting it on the '99 so I can be driving it by next week.
My question is, should I keep the '00 front drive shaft with the '00 front axle or does it not matter?
I don't think it matters. I went into my '99 and '00 parts catalogs.
Looks like all parts have the same part numbers for the front Propeller Shaft.
If I had to guess the 30 refers the the Low Pinion diff that '00's have and M30 refers to the High Pinion like 00t444e pointed out.
00 models can have the high pinion or low pinion, post a picture of the axle from the rear side if you want to know. Either way high pinion and low pinion Dana 30 axles are all interchangeable between the XJ, ZJ and TJ.
00 models can have the high pinion or low pinion, post a picture of the axle from the rear side if you want to know. Either way high pinion and low pinion Dana 30 axles are all interchangeable between the XJ, ZJ and TJ.
Is there anything special that would make an '00 have one or the other?
Or is just luck of the draw?
I don't think it matters. I went into my '99 and '00 parts catalogs.
Looks like all parts have the same part numbers for the front Propeller Shaft.
If I had to guess the 30 refers the the Low Pinion diff that '00's have and M30 refers to the High Pinion like 00t444e pointed out.