Recently, I started noticing a lot of Cherokees with Chrysler 8.25 rear axles. The weakness of the Dana 35c has been talked about a lot but I haven't heard any complaints about the 8.25. Would these be a good upgrade from a Dana 35c? Any known issues?
That was a different axle you are thinking of, the 8.375". If I am not mistaken, 9.25" was more usual for 3/4 ton trucks, but it has been a while. I replaced quite a few grease seals on the old 8.375" axles, and they had a proper inboard oil seal, an external grease seal and a grease packed tapered roller bearing between the two. The telephone companies used about a zillion of them in Dodge A-100 vans.
Still, the 8.25" has a bigger ring gear than the D35c. The inner C-clip is a bone of contention. I don't know if the 8.25" has one, but I know first hand that the current 9.25" does.
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