putting Rubicon axles/lockers in a YJ?

What are the prospects for doing this assuming I can eventually find a wrecked rubicon? Can you swap the axles and differentials into a YJ D44 and D30 axle housings? If not are their any alternate routs? If the compressor that activates the lockers basically an AC compressor? or something smaller (if it only need 5PSI to switch the lockers on, bolting an AC compressor on the engine would seem like a waste on a Jeep with no AC. I'm definitely in newbie land with something like this, but I like the rubicon's air locker/limited slip TruTrack. So I'm wondering how feasible a swap is.

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Simon Juncal
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no, you will need the housings as well, at _least_ on the front and id bet the rear as well.

great idea if youre talking housings. even better if youre talking suspension. if youre going to do all that though, just swap in the entire frame with the axles/suspension included. course, if youre going through that much trouble you might as well use the existing drive train. come to think of it, you could just buy a rubi. :-)

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Nathan W. Collier

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L.W.(ßill)

Hi Simon,

The rear Rubi Tru-Lok is also a limited slip diff. The front is not. Both are 30 spline, so either one will fit your D44 axles and housing. They won't fit in your D30.

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Note that the Tru-Lok is the same size as a 3.73 and numerically lower carrier. This means that if you don't have the 4.10 gears that came with it, or you want to go to 4.56 or 4.88, you have to get a 'thick' ring gear. R&P sets with the thick ring gear are hard to find used and cost at least US$200 new.

Anyone out there know where I can find some used 4.10 gears from a Rubicon? I've got a Tru-Lok and I'm looking for a set.

Steve

90 XJ

Sim> What are the prospects for doing this assuming I can eventually find a

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Steve

lol......i love you bill. :-)

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Nathan W. Collier

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