NoWill a Gladiator Dana 44 rear axle with lockers fit my Sahara JLU?
You can get links to adapt the Gladiator tubes to the JL now, or shortly. The 4xe uses the JT axels.No
Suspension links are different.
what about the connection points to the shocks.. from what I heard they mount on the opposite site of the axle.You can get links to adapt the Gladiator tubes to the JL now, or shortly. The 4xe uses the JL axels.
I suspect it’s all available, or will be shortly. Like I said, the 4xe uses the JT tubes and shafts. So wait for wrecker 4xe parts to start showing up, or hit up a friendly parts department and bug them for the part numbers.what about the connection points to the shocks.. from what I heard they mount on the opposite site of the axle.
I don't know about now.. but when I modified the rear Gladiator axles to fit my JLU Sport about 6 months ago there were no JL upper control arm rear axles brackets for Dana 44s (M220) on the market.. I had to buy 1 ton upper brackets from Artec and adapt them (pain in the ass since Dana 44 are 3.15 '' in diameter and 1 tons are 3.5'' ) .. for the lower brackets I used CavFab... really beefy brackets.. but strangely enough it had no sway bar brackets.. I had to build my own...You can get links to adapt the Gladiator tubes to the JL now, or shortly. The 4xe uses the JT axels.
How much time did you spend doing that?I don't know about now.. but when I modified the rear Gladiator axles to fit my JLU Sport about 6 months ago there were no JL upper rear axles for Dana 44s (M220) on the market.. I had to buy 1 ton upper axles from Artec and adapt them (pain in the ass since Dana 44 are 3.15 '' in diameter and 1 tons are 3.5'' ) .. for the lower brackets I used CavFab... really beefy brackets.. but strangely enough it had no sway bar brackets.. I had to build my own...
a couple months... removing the upper and lower brackets is a very tedious process... plasma torch recommended but I did not have one that worked properly at that moment.... so... 7 inch angle grinder abrasive discs.. Sawzall... air tools... Dremel... lots of cutting and grinding.. modifying the 1 ton brackets required finesse ... the fact the brackets did not seat flushed on the axle tube required constant angle measuring and readjusting .. I also removed the differential from the housing .. and.. the Glatiator rear axles backing plate (where the bearing is housed and the wheel / brake mounts ) is different.. on the JL Rubicon is a cast piece ... Gladiator is also Cast... but it is bigger / longer.. which means the upper bracket seats on it.. so I had to modify the bracket to contour it to the shape of the cast steel... and well... I had to preheat the whole thing and carefully weld it and then monitor the temperature and hit it with a torch to maintain similar temps... when it cooled down to 200F I wrapped it in heat-resistant fiberglass to let it cool down overnight..How much time did you spend doing that?
Yup, things are changing, with the use of the JT axels for the 4xe, so I suspect we will start seeing the parts show up, or eventually, the M220 axels will all use the JT variant to reduce part counts and costs.I don't know about now.. but when I modified the rear Gladiator axles to fit my JLU Sport about 6 months ago there were no JL upper rear axles for Dana 44s (M220) on the market.. I had to buy 1 ton upper axles from Artec and adapt them (pain in the ass since Dana 44 are 3.15 '' in diameter and 1 tons are 3.5'' ) .. for the lower brackets I used CavFab... really beefy brackets.. but strangely enough it had no sway bar brackets.. I had to build my own...