Can anybody tell me whether the Dana 30 axle housings and gears are the same or not between a 2002 TJ Sport and a '98 Grand Cherokee 5.9 Limited? They are both low pinion housings with 3.73 gears. The Grand has CV shafts and ABS, the TJ has good old U-Joints and no ABS. However, the size and spline count of the axle shafts is the same right? There may be some difference in the knuckles that I don't care about, and the Grand has some sort of fancy doohickey on the front of the front driveshaft, but the pinions should be the same, eh?
The reason I ask is because the bearings are shot in the Grand Cherokee's font axle (they're making noise) and I'm in the process of swapping out the TJ front axle. I thinking of bolting the TJ's Dana 30 housing onto the ZJ, keeping the ZJ knuckles and axle shafts on the ZJ. Will this work?
/Peter