Howdy,
So I’m planning on switching the Dana Axles on my 1972 Jeep J4000. Anybody have any advice what axles could be put into it with disc brakes?
rocklaurence wrote: ↑Tue May 18, 2021 7:16 am Find a set of '74-'79 J20 axles and add a Disc brake kit to the rear. You'll also need to change the Post mounts to frame brackets on the front.
Oh, I do recall Josh's swap. Its a really great option. I just wanted to know what the OP was hoping to accomplish before saying "you should do this". If he only wants disc brakes and an open knuckle axle, the dodge axle swap is perfect.Tad wrote: ↑Mon May 17, 2021 5:29 pm I’m surprised both Tim and Brandon have forgotten Josh’s 72 J2000 build on ifsja (user name was easyover).
You use a mid 80’s Dodge Ramcharger or W150 front axle.
Front spring mounting is the same as a post mount JTruck, you get disc brakes and open knuckles, these are not unit bearing axles.
You can search on ifsja and find the build but the pictures will be gone since we all abandoned photbucket years ago.
I have wheeled with this rig several times, it stuffs 33’s just fine and you keep your 5 on 5.5 front bolt pattern, there are one or two quirky things about TRE’s that are so far back in my memory I don’t remember but they are cheap fixes.
Very cool, and happy belated birthday.