Had an "incident" with my Jeep, a massive boulder and long story short I need a new front axle. I have a few questions!
I would like to ideally do the swap myself, I have an extra car and some time to get things together. However, I don't want to get in over my head, and also want to know if i'm missing any important facts about swapping an axle.
- I have stock sports drive train with the exception of 4.56 gearing and new carriers.
- If i can upgrade during the process i would like to, but wonder if you can upgrade just the front axle and not the rear.
- Currently run 33" tires and the largest i will likely go is 35" tires, does upgrading my axle make a lot of sense?
- Price to do it myself vs a shop w/ only basic tools (do i need anything special like a torque wrench or ring pinion setting tools, etc?)
- With zero experience in dealing w/ drive train, what's the risk of damaging my transmission or wrecking a gear compared to paying a pro?
All things aside i'm always down to learn more by doing it myself, but with a precious cargo on the way (due Nov) i don't want to risk the safety of the passengers on such a critical part of the Jeep.
Thanks for looking!!
I would like to ideally do the swap myself, I have an extra car and some time to get things together. However, I don't want to get in over my head, and also want to know if i'm missing any important facts about swapping an axle.
- I have stock sports drive train with the exception of 4.56 gearing and new carriers.
- If i can upgrade during the process i would like to, but wonder if you can upgrade just the front axle and not the rear.
- Currently run 33" tires and the largest i will likely go is 35" tires, does upgrading my axle make a lot of sense?
- Price to do it myself vs a shop w/ only basic tools (do i need anything special like a torque wrench or ring pinion setting tools, etc?)
- With zero experience in dealing w/ drive train, what's the risk of damaging my transmission or wrecking a gear compared to paying a pro?
All things aside i'm always down to learn more by doing it myself, but with a precious cargo on the way (due Nov) i don't want to risk the safety of the passengers on such a critical part of the Jeep.
Thanks for looking!!