Re: [AMC-List] pulling an axle

["Jim Blair" <carnuck@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

A: That would be @'91 and newer. Prior to that, the Dana 35 XJ axle (which 
shares the center section with Model 15) has the style where the backing 
plate holds the axle in. It's tougher to tell in car but if the whole 
differential is out of the car, you can see the axle tube is larger diameter 
at the backing plate to fit the bearing on earlier rigs ('84 to 08/90 and 
maybe more) I never got around to checking to see if the early XJ axles 
would swap with Eagle axles.
   I do know you can bolt the whole XJ rear diff into an Eagle (I've done it 
twice) but the shock mounts need to be cut off and repositioned. If you keep 
an eye out for a parts Comanche, you may even find a D44 or Model 20 (you'll 
need shock mounts and new spring pads welded on to bolt it in)


From: "Swygert, Francis G MSgt 436 CES/CECM"
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Subject: [AMC-List]  pulling an axle
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Just slip the axle right back in. You may have to rotate it once
it's in
to line the splines up, but that's all. Nothing else was
supposed to
come loose or out with it. Don't know what Russ was talking
about as far
as loosening the caps in the differential. May be required on a
different design, but all the AMCs I've pulled just come right
out after
a good tug. Once you get the axle splines lined up (it will
slide in a
little more) you sill probably have to put a block of wood
across the
end of the axle and give it a couple whacks to seat it.
Loosening the
caps as Russ suggested might make the axles pull out/push in
easier, but
it's not necessary.

The only exception is the late model Cherokee axles -- they have
C-clips
in the diff that hold the axles in, the backing plates don't.
C-clip
axles require the diff cover to come off and the clips removed.

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