Nice to find a video that has good lighting, short and direct information on the process. Not to forget that you also added the fast mode on the drivers side. Just got 275,000 miles on my '97 5.2 Limited without any oil leaks or burning as of yet., and still on the 249 until I need to swap. My girlfriend is looking into XJ's and is ready to sell her '97 5.2 Limited. I'm doing about 14.3 MPG with a best of 15.78 MPG while staying on local roads that are about 50-55 MPH. Thank you for the great coverage.
Great video! I just bought Jeep ZJ 5.9 in very good condition visually but I noticed regular cracking noise coming from left front wheel ( I am not sure it is actually a wheel what does the sound though) This sound is irregular. I drove 20km without that and then it started and no mater what it would not stop. And then out of sudden it stopped again. Could this be the same problem you are mentioning here? From what I noticed it is not related to turning wheels or anything like that.
nice vid thanks. Gotta do my axles soon so I'm ramping up for my "new" 96 (221k miles). All your JGC's seem to be at the same height, what lift(s) do you have and what size tires?
Thanks! This ZJ is on factory springs with just a 2"ish spacer lift. It wears 31"x10.50s. It's a 97 V8. My other ZJ is built quite differently... now. It begun with a IRO 3.5" Front to Rear lift on 32s with stock gearing of 3.73. I ran it like this for almost 3 seasons. Then I swapped in a Ford 8.8 rear axle. This brought it to 4.5" and required 1.25" spacers up front. The front axle was swapped to a High Pinion D30. I regeared it to 4.56. The transfer case was swapped to a 242 when the viscous coupling wore out. So it's now at about 4.5" of lift and it runs on 33"s.
cool. Yours is the one on the left, at the end of the video? And the one you worked on is on the right? What did you source the high pinion D30 from? How does it compare to a Dana44? The D30 or the Dana44, and the 8.8 would be a great swap for these rigs
A HIGH pinion is quite stronger than a LOW pinion. So a D30 is not just a D30. The HIGH Pinion D30 is about as strong internally as a D44... especially when you get the bigger 760 Ujoints and CrMo shafts. The main advantage here is that it is a bolt on swap with no fab required. Mine came from an XJ. The 8.8 is stronger than a regular D44 (but just slightly)... and WAY stronger than the stock HD44 (aluminum) that was on it. I went with the 8.8 mainly because the brakes were a direct fit, they're proven and there's millions of them out there.
i got the 2 front cv half shafts online and i looked at my 97 zj and my axle shafts are u type joints instead of the ones that I got which are the same as in the video.... am i able to do this same process?
When you put the cv joint rod in the axle hole do you screw it in with some turns or does it just stick in kinda confused because when the young guy took it out it just pulled out so im assuming its just stuck in place no threading.
No... the rear is a different setup. Most of those axles are held in with C-clips at the differential... instead of a hub nut securing everything at the outboard point.
Nice to find a video that has good lighting, short and direct information on the process. Not to forget that you also added the fast mode on the drivers side. Just got 275,000 miles on my '97 5.2 Limited without any oil leaks or burning as of yet., and still on the 249 until I need to swap. My girlfriend is looking into XJ's and is ready to sell her '97 5.2 Limited. I'm doing about 14.3 MPG with a best of 15.78 MPG while staying on local roads that are about 50-55 MPH. Thank you for the great coverage.
Thanks for the kind words. That 5.2 is a great engine and will last and last if treated kindly and given good sensors for the computer to read.
@@pathfinders4x477 I love the 5.2 in my Jeep.
Great video! I just bought Jeep ZJ 5.9 in very good condition visually but I noticed regular cracking noise coming from left front wheel ( I am not sure it is actually a wheel what does the sound though) This sound is irregular. I drove 20km without that and then it started and no mater what it would not stop. And then out of sudden it stopped again. Could this be the same problem you are mentioning here? From what I noticed it is not related to turning wheels or anything like that.
What would be the cost to have someone do this exact job? Just a guesstimate
nice vid thanks. Gotta do my axles soon so I'm ramping up for my "new" 96 (221k miles). All your JGC's seem to be at the same height, what lift(s) do you have and what size tires?
Thanks! This ZJ is on factory springs with just a 2"ish spacer lift. It wears 31"x10.50s. It's a 97 V8. My other ZJ is built quite differently... now. It begun with a IRO 3.5" Front to Rear lift on 32s with stock gearing of 3.73. I ran it like this for almost 3 seasons. Then I swapped in a Ford 8.8 rear axle. This brought it to 4.5" and required 1.25" spacers up front. The front axle was swapped to a High Pinion D30. I regeared it to 4.56. The transfer case was swapped to a 242 when the viscous coupling wore out. So it's now at about 4.5" of lift and it runs on 33"s.
cool. Yours is the one on the left, at the end of the video? And the one you worked on is on the right? What did you source the high pinion D30 from? How does it compare to a Dana44? The D30 or the Dana44, and the 8.8 would be a great swap for these rigs
A HIGH pinion is quite stronger than a LOW pinion. So a D30 is not just a D30. The HIGH Pinion D30 is about as strong internally as a D44... especially when you get the bigger 760 Ujoints and CrMo shafts. The main advantage here is that it is a bolt on swap with no fab required. Mine came from an XJ. The 8.8 is stronger than a regular D44 (but just slightly)... and WAY stronger than the stock HD44 (aluminum) that was on it. I went with the 8.8 mainly because the brakes were a direct fit, they're proven and there's millions of them out there.
i got the 2 front cv half shafts online and i looked at my 97 zj and my axle shafts are u type joints instead of the ones that I got which are the same as in the video.... am i able to do this same process?
So just slide the old one out and side the new one in??
Yep. The bearing assy. and hub nut hold them in place.
Also was that a 4x4
only a 4x4 will have cv shafts or axle shafts. 2x4 just has a bearing
When you put the cv joint rod in the axle hole do you screw it in with some turns or does it just stick in kinda confused because when the young guy took it out it just pulled out so im assuming its just stuck in place no threading.
It's splined so you just slide it in. The hub nut holds everything in place.
PathFinders 4X4 aah ok makes sense now , thank you sir.
PathFinders 4X4 hey got another question, does the rear axle have the same procedure with a cv joint?
No... the rear is a different setup. Most of those axles are held in with C-clips at the differential... instead of a hub nut securing everything at the outboard point.
PathFinders 4X4 thanks again, you going to add a truss on your rear axle ?
It’s not a repair it’s a replacement remember when I used to change the metal balls inside of the axle now days it’s just replacement not repairing