Grab a cheap $500 D1 and there ya go. There's a pretty decent D1 for $500 with offroad goodies but its in MA.

 

Pretty ironic. Hope you didn't do any work on the axle. At least he won't be able to blame it all on you. He can only be mad for selling it to him.


The AMC 20 is a much maligned axle, mostly for reasons that have to do with maintenance and mistreatment. It gets no respect, kind of like a Rover! Here's a couple of articles on them: Rebuilding AMC 20 with 1 piece axles - JeepForum.com AMC 20 Axle - Tech Articles - JP Magazine
The full-floater kits crack me up. They use a locking hub to connect the axles to the hub like the front end. Makes for a nice flat-tow setup though. For a while there was a fuse kit available that replaced the hub with an aluminum pieces that would break just before the axle shaft.

 

Yep. Thats the plan. There's one right up the street but it's a manual transmission. I'm going back and forth w wanting that. For now I'd rather keep the stronger auto. But still..love shifting my own gears.

I didn't do any internal work on that axle. My work was shocks and springs and pinion angle. Even though there is no way I'd give a warranty on a 30 year old off road Jeep, I told him I'd fix it for free. Kinda liked having company out there. Good karma points I guess.

Thanks for the links! Super informative.

 

really?? gotta link?

 

put a Dana 44 in it

 

I have to agree. Since its his dime I doubt he will go for it. I'm certainly not doing that job free. He gets new bearings.

 

The ring gear on an AMC 20 is actually much larger than the one in a Dana 44.
For a rig with a mild motor an AMC 20 can be made to be plenty beefy for less than the cost of swapping it out for a Dana 44. Once the stock 2 piece axles are replaced with 1 piece units they're pretty decent. Sometimes you can find used full floater kits from Warn or Summers Brothers as well. These things are pretty much indestructible so used ones are almost as good as new.

 

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