Soooooo, I was at the Junk Yard today and found a 10 bolt Chevy axle, but for some reason it is 3 inches wider than the 12 bolt I have. I was told the 12 bolt I have was out of an 82 Chevy truck, but every axle I measured today was 3 inches wider. That is just too much sticking out to look good and it will just throw more mud all over the side of the Jeep than I already have. Now, working on getting to my real question here; I found an 87 Grand Wagoneer Narrow track at the yard that had a centered Dana 44 in the rear. I would love to stay all Dana 44 and the ease of the install would be near heavenly, but slapping a Narrow Track on the rear with the Wide Track front would look a bit ridiculous. Well, it just happens that at the same yard was a 79 Wagoneer Narrow Track that also still had it's front axle. I believe I may need to swap some gears, because I am betting the Wagoneer has the 3.54's like my Cherokee and I saw the tag on the 87 that said it had 3.31's. My question is if switching my wide track to a narrow would be a smart move, or would it create issues? I'm thinking it might actually look better, due to the fact that I had cut off my flares, due to rust, so the front tires really stick out. My main concern would be if I had any tire to spring clearance issues with the SOA/shackle flip and 35" tires? I would also, obviously need all the steering components from the donor. What really sucks about all this, is that I already finished the SOA kit from Tad on the wide track!
