Re: [AMC-list] AMC-20 Steer axle ?

[Jim Blair <carnuck@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

The MJ came with M20 rear option '86 to early '88 (mixed with D44s late '86 on) I've only seen 1 XJ M20 rear so far. XJ one will bolt in but both shock brackets will need swapping. MJ is SUA. For front M20, I would modify one from a CJ rear so it's already offset, but that seems overkill in the Eagle. With good oil the D30 withstands V8 swaps.
   The 4 cyl axle bracket shouldn't work with the earlier 6 cyls as is because the bell pattern isn't the same diameter. Some serious offroaders have done solid axle conversions, but that's taking away the main reason for having an Eagle in the first place.


Jim Blair, Lynnwood, WA '87 Comanche, '83 Jeep J10, '84 Jeep J10



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Subject: Re: [AMC-list] AMC-20 Steer axle ?
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" From: amcngmc@xxxxxxxxx
" 
" Just watched a show where they made a Dana 80 rear into a D80 front
" axle. They said this can be done to about any axle. 
" 
" Now its got me thinking could this be done to an AMC-20 ? ! ? Than it
" got me to take it one step further ;-)
" 
" The humvee's had AM-20 center sections front and rear but were
" reverse driven as they also had gear reduction hubs . . . Ok now to
" see where I am going with this :-)
" 
" 83 Eagle SX/4 with both AMC-20 front and rear axles ! ? ! ? ! Could
" it be done ? ! ? ! ? 

the eagle d30 front diff has a custom housing that bolts to lugs added
to the 258's block. 4-cyl eagles had a bracket instead, but the amc20
is likely wider and you could run into halfshaft length and angle
issues.

otoh an amc20 rear is easy, with some luck: the hd axle in early 
[roughly pre-chrysler] xjs was an amc20, the same width as eagles. i
don't recall if you'd have to play with perches [sua vs. soa], but
iirc it does have staggered shocks where the eagle doesn't.
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