You will have to go look at it.

Dana 35


Chrysler 8.25


The 8.25 has a flat bottom on the axle housing.

 

really its the 4.5 with full leafs.....they ask for the axle size and i dont remember

 

i really wish i could just walk outside and look but its at my freinds house....thanks anyway

 

Nope could still be either. Both are 10 bolt housings, look almost identical, only way to know is to measure or check plugs, but I'm not 100% about the plugs, I've heard both ways and chose to go with the Chrysler rear end cuz everyone I know who has a Dana has complained they are weak.

 

Sorry we couldn't be of more assistance.

 

its ok ill call tommorow about it

 

On his 98 either axle will have the rubber fill plug. The Dana 35 had the metal bolt in plug on the earlier non c-clip models used through 1989.

 

Ok thanks for the straight answer on that, I had heard both ways, now I know why.

 

i just ordered that exact lift and it came with both sets of ubolts.

 

both came with mine also... I called RC and asked them prior to them shipping and they told me both would be in the box and they were...

 

Must be nice. We're in the process of trying to install the u-bolts right now, and the bastards are too small. We're trying to clamp them to get them to fit, and it's starting to make me mad.

 

That's really not a good idea, are they too big or too small? Just go get the right side or you will weaken the integrity of the bolt and break it later.

 

is the chrysler 8.25 any good?

 

If you have the 8.25 in your 98, then you have a very good axle. It will hold up to oversized tires and some hard wheeling. The only downside is the c-clip axles.

 

After screwing with it for 5 minutes, we decided to take the trip 30 minutes one-way to a local spring shop. We walked in, told him we need some 1/2" ubolts, 3" wide on the inseam, about yea long, and it took him maybe, MAYBE, 30 seconds to bend them. Drove the 30 minutes back home, and they fit beautifully.