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Can the flanged and tapered axles interchange

Discussion in 'Early CJ5 and CJ6 Tech' started by dortoh, Mar 26, 2010.

  1. Mar 26, 2010
    dortoh

    dortoh New Member

    Palmer, Alaska
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    I have a 1964 and 1970 cj5. Can the flanged axles from the 1970 parts jeep be swapped into the 64? They have different gear ratios or I would have just swapped the entire differential.
     
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  2. Mar 26, 2010
    nickmil

    nickmil In mothballs.

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    If you're talking about the axle shafts from the flanged fitting in the tapered axle housing or vice verse the answer is no. The housing ends are different and the spline counts are different. They don't interchange.
     
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  3. Mar 26, 2010
    PbBelly

    PbBelly delinquent miner

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    As far as I know there's no reason you couldn't swap the R&Ps-that was my intention until I found out my flanged axle had 4.88s rather than 3.73s. (I was going to have to buy gears for my disc brake front D30 anyway and I'd rather have the 4.88s than 5.38s)
     
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  4. Mar 26, 2010
    kaiser_willys

    kaiser_willys Well-Known Member

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    the axel tubes are a different diameter as well
     
    kaiser_willys, Mar 26, 2010
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