Dana 30 LP to HP
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Dana 30 LP to HP
The Dana 30 on my 2000 XJ is needing replaced and I would like to change the LP to a HP. Looking at it, changing the tubes from one differential to the other looks to be the easiest way of making this change. Has anybody done this change? Does a LP vs. HP use a different front drive shaft?
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I believe HP and LP 30's are pretty much identical, so you should just be able to find one at the junkyard and throw it in. Possibly might need a different driveshaft, but other then that....
And unless you have someway to get them apart, swapping the axle tubes would be a HUGE PITA!
And unless you have someway to get them apart, swapping the axle tubes would be a HUGE PITA!
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I just did this exact thing and made a thread asking the same thing.
Read it. You'll learn everything. Feel free to hit me with questions.
Www.cherokeeforum.com/showthread.php?t=187577
Read it. You'll learn everything. Feel free to hit me with questions.
Www.cherokeeforum.com/showthread.php?t=187577
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I'm assuming you mean hp d30. That sounds like a damn good plan to me! I wish I had the same laying around. Are MJ d30 and XJ d30 definitely the same? Don't quote me on this, but I have a gut feeling that I read somewhere that the lca mounts are different or something? I may be 100% wrong, just don't want to see you get halfway through to find out it won't work.
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I'm assuming you mean hp d30. That sounds like a damn good plan to me! I wish I had the same laying around. Are MJ d30 and XJ d30 definitely the same? Don't quote me on this, but I have a gut feeling that I read somewhere that the lca mounts are different or something? I may be 100% wrong, just don't want to see you get halfway through to find out it won't work.
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