Axle swaps

[Dmock]

So I have a 18 jl rubi that I managed to shear the axle at the fad. I found a set of axles out of a 21 gladiator jt sport s with 373 gears. The best I can tell is the jt housing is the same width and possibly has thicker axle tubes, ? Looking for any one with true knowledge also if my 3rd member will fit into the jt housing

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[CaJLMetalHead]

mine is a JLU Sport... I installed Gladiator Rubicon take-off axles.. perhaps not identical in width to your axles since yours is Rubicon and the take-off are Sport S? also.. 3.73 gears?.. you will need something like a Tazer to reprogram the computer..

Front axles are direct fit... rear axles the control arm brackets are different, so you have to remove the brackets and weld new ones.. . also.. the brake line banjo connection on the caliper side is routed differently and a real pain to fabricate brackets and route and secure the lines .... unless you found the Gladiator axles for dirt cheap and you can do the work yourself I do not recommend you try to fit Gladiator axles on a JLU... it is much easier to wait and get JLU Rubicon take-off front axles.. I recommend you go to local 4x4 shops and ask
them to notify you when someone upgrades axles and let them know you are interested in
buying the take-off axles..

I published a thread where I discuss the details of what I did to fit Gladiator axles to my JLU..
I will find it and I will update this thread..

BTW... what do you mean by 3rd member? LOL

 

[CaJLMetalHead]

Here is the thread:

https://www.jlwranglerforums.com/forum/threads/axle-swap.68590/#post-1445149

 

[chevymitchell]

mine is a JLU Sport... I installed Gladiator Rubicon take-off axles.. perhaps not identical in width to your axles since yours is Rubicon and the take-off are Sport S? also.. 3.73 gears?.. you will need something like a Tazer to reprogram the computer..

Front axles are direct fit... rear axles the control arm brackets are different, so you have to remove the brackets and weld new ones.. . also.. the brake line banjo connection on the caliper side is routed differently and a real pain to fabricate brackets and route and secure the lines .... unless you found the Gladiator axles for dirt cheap and you can do the work yourself I do not recommend you try to fit Gladiator axles on a JLU... it is much easier to wait and get JLU Rubicon take-off front axles.. I recommend you go to local 4x4 shops and ask
them to notify you when someone upgrades axles and let them know you are interested in
buying the take-off axles..

I published a thread where I discuss the details of what I did to fit Gladiator axles to my JLU..
I will find it and I will update this thread..

BTW... what do you mean by 3rd member? LOL

3rd member is just a drop out diff. Basically you can remove the ring and pinion from the housing as a separate assembly. I think the question he's asking is: Will the pinion and carrier assembly work between a JT axle and JL axle. The answer being, yes, of course.

 

[Dmock]

mine is a JLU Sport... I installed Gladiator Rubicon take-off axles.. perhaps not identical in width to your axles since yours is Rubicon and the take-off are Sport S? also.. 3.73 gears?.. you will need something like a Tazer to reprogram the computer..

Front axles are direct fit... rear axles the control arm brackets are different, so you have to remove the brackets and weld new ones.. . also.. the brake line banjo connection on the caliper side is routed differently and a real pain to fabricate brackets and route and secure the lines .... unless you found the Gladiator axles for dirt cheap and you can do the work yourself I do not recommend you try to fit Gladiator axles on a JLU... it is much easier to wait and get JLU Rubicon take-off front axles.. I recommend you go to local 4x4 shops and ask
them to notify you when someone upgrades axles and let them know you are interested in
buying the take-off axles..

I published a thread where I discuss the details of what I did to fit Gladiator axles to my JLU..
I will find it and I will update this thread..

BTW... what do you mean by 3rd member? LOL

 

[Dmock]

Thanks , so ya there a great deal and I'm definitely on a budget. So I really only want to use the front axle. I'm trying to confirm that the (3rd member ) lol ,or the carrier, gear set? out of my jl 4:10 will fit into( pumpkin) lol of the jt with 3:73s. Thanks this is my first jeep I've run fj40 my whole life , so this is a learning curve. So my jl snapped the axle next to the carrier,,or the pumpkin,(3rd) I've considered replacing the axle tube , I've narrowed front axles before, so this is also a option. Thanks again

 

[CaJLMetalHead]

yeah... those M210 axles on both JL and JT are the same.. you should have no problem swapping diff / pumpkin components...

 

[Dmock]

Awsome thanks

 

[azwjowner]

It's not like the Toyota 3rd member though where you can just move it over -- you'll have to install the pinion and ring gear, set pinion depth, backlash, etc. Gear work.

 

[Dmock]

It's not like the Toyota 3rd member though where you can just move it over -- you'll have to install the pinion and ring gear, set pinion depth, backlash, etc. Gear work.

 

[Dmock]

Ya , that's cool , been 20yrs since I set up a ring an pinion, but I've got friends that owe me lol. So have you heard that the jt tubes are thicker then the jl? I'll definitely gusset this before it's done

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