" From: Mark Price <markprice242@xxxxxxxxxxxx> " " One more thing you'll notice if you drive both Xj's the pre C-clip axles are much quieter!!! " The earlier axles are tight in the bearing. The C-clip axle knock in and out on rough roads and clunk! " If you've got a choice of two axles, like gear,posi etc; I'd pick the earlier axle due to larger brakes and the quieter operation. " That being said, I know there is a popular swap to Grand Cherokee rear discs on the XJ axle, early and late will work, you jsut have to do a few things differently. I'm wondering what it would take to move up to the 10" brakes on a 97 axle. I'd think if the discs swap the drums should too! hmmm... afaik the early d35 axle housingss have a square flange, same as the amc20 [yes] and some jeep d44 and ford axles. i hadn't heard the gc disk swap would work on early axles, but i don't know everything... also afaik the c-clip d35s have a mopar housing flange, so maybe 10" - or even 11" - mopar brakes would bolt on. ________________________________________________________________________ Andrew Hay the genius nature internet rambler is to see what all have seen adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and think what none thought _______________________________________________ AMC-List mailing list AMC-List@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.amc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/amc-list or go to http://www.amc-list.com