Front diff part search

yodejt02 · **Posted:** Mon Mar 15, 2010 12:57 pm

looking for the axle shaft seal for the front drivers side. I am getting two different answers to my question. Some places have one seal for the axle shaft, and yet others have both an inner and outer axle shaft seal. All the autoparts stores locally have the inner and outer. Online my search has come up with just the one seal on the drivers side. So what is it. I need to get this ordered in the next couple of days. Thanks

daspes · **Posted:** Mon Mar 15, 2010 1:24 pm

yodejt02 wrote:

looking for the axle shaft seal for the front drivers side. I am getting two different answers to my question. Some places have one seal for the axle shaft, and yet others have both an inner and outer axle shaft seal. All the autoparts stores locally have the inner and outer. Online my search has come up with just the one seal on the drivers side. So what is it. I need to get this ordered in the next couple of days. Thanks

My Pats Manual Illustration only shows 2 (one drivers side, one passenger side).

Bearings are #8, seals are #7...

tommudd · **Posted:** Mon Mar 15, 2010 1:44 pm

Yes only one per side not sure what they are looking at with inner and outer but Mikes correct ( as always) :wink:

yodejt02 · **Posted:** Mon Mar 15, 2010 1:49 pm

yeah thats what i figured too. Just needed the support of others i guess. So, now I have to go to the parts store and through some sort of act of god describe to the guy behind the counter that his computer is wrong and that there is only one seal.......had to do this already with arguing about the rear axle is a chrysler 8.25 NOT a dana 35 :roll:

anyone have a part # I could use to make this alittle easier in the translation for the parts guy?

tommudd · **Posted:** Mon Mar 15, 2010 2:09 pm

off the top of my head should be 05066066AA I think, books in the garage, will double check later after work :wink:

03CDKJ · **Posted:** Mon Mar 15, 2010 2:11 pm

tommudd wrote:

off the top of my head should be 05066066AA I think, books in the garage, will double check later after work :wink:

Yeah right! You had one that I gave you sitting right inside the garage door, with the part number right on it! :goink:

tommudd · **Posted:** Mon Mar 15, 2010 2:18 pm

Forgot about it hanging there,
so went out and yes that's the part number !!

yodejt02 · **Posted:** Mon Mar 15, 2010 2:22 pm

thanks!!!

Fulltimer · **Posted:** Mon Mar 15, 2010 2:33 pm

Print out that picture and show them! Make them eat crow!! :twisted:

Terry

yodejt02 · **Posted:** Tue Mar 16, 2010 12:20 am

So I got the part from the stealership.....wasnt too salty. Anyway took it to all three parts stores and showed the guy at the desk what I was talking about. Turns out ,and I may be wrong, but it looks as though O'reilly's, Autozone, Advanced, and even NAPA (online and called) all have their parts catalogs saying that we have a dana 30 solid axle. Reason for this is that their parts list just says dana 30 not dana 30a. Tom gave me the Chrysler part number for the axel shaft seal and none of the parts stores could cross check that number in their system. When they looked up what they thought to be the correct axle components they crossed checked their part numbers with Chrysler's part number came back to...wouldn't you know it a dana 30 for a cherokee. This may be old news but I was glad I could school the parts guys at some of these stores. The gentleman at Advanced was a jeep guy, drives a really nice yellowish-gold colored rubicon, and he was the only one that questioned the all knowing power of the computer when I talked with him the first time.

So needless to say it was an adventure :JEEPIN:

tommudd · **Posted:** Tue Mar 16, 2010 1:16 am

We all like little adventures now and again don't we? :ROTFL:

yodejt02 · **Posted:** Tue Mar 16, 2010 7:21 am

forgot to mention that since all of the closings happened with Chrysler I had to drive 25 miles to get the nearest Jeep dealership. :dizzy:

TAHOE · **Posted:** Tue Mar 16, 2010 8:16 am

On a side note, want me to check on the plastic antenna bushing for ya?
here's the place I go, only a few miles from the house.
http://www.randl.com/shop/index.shtml

yodejt02 · **Posted:** Tue Mar 16, 2010 9:38 am

yeah if you have some time, that would be great. I am still looking for a spring, but I may be able to take care of that one myself.

Thanks again

TAHOE · **Posted:** Tue Mar 16, 2010 10:46 am

They have a bunch of springs too, but shipping may cost ya unless I can get it to someone going to a M&G. I highly recommend SS, my chorme one started rusting within 2 wks :cry:

cheapo ole me :banghead:

yodejt02 · **Posted:** Tue Mar 16, 2010 11:01 am

if you can get me some prices on those springs, and yeah if someone is going to the M&G could get them to me that would be great. Otherwise just the that bushing will do

tjkj2002 · **Posted:** Tue Mar 16, 2010 1:42 pm

yodejt02 wrote:

So I got the part from the stealership.....wasnt too salty. Anyway took it to all three parts stores and showed the guy at the desk what I was talking about. Turns out ,and I may be wrong, but it looks as though O'reilly's, Autozone, Advanced, and even NAPA (online and called) all have their parts catalogs saying that we have a dana 30 solid axle. Reason for this is that their parts list just says dana 30 not dana 30a. Tom gave me the Chrysler part number for the axel shaft seal and none of the parts stores could cross check that number in their system. When they looked up what they thought to be the correct axle components they crossed checked their part numbers with Chrysler's part number came back to...wouldn't you know it a dana 30 for a cherokee. This may be old news but I was glad I could school the parts guys at some of these stores. The gentleman at Advanced was a jeep guy, drives a really nice yellowish-gold colored rubicon, and he was the only one that questioned the all knowing power of the computer when I talked with him the first time.

So needless to say it was an adventure :JEEPIN:

Yes all parts stores(besides dealerships) mostly have incorrect info for all vehicles.

They state that a '02 KJ only ever came with a D35 rear diff and that all years of KJ's only ever came with the 45RFE trans.

Except Napa and CarQuest I can not use places like advance auto or autozone since they need a specific year of vehicle to look parts up(there idiots) and get easily confused when you start throwing multiple years and make/models at them.At least at Napa or CarQuest I can simply say I need a Timkin set20 bearing and they know what I'm talking about.

Then again I like to go the advance auto and autozone from time to time to really mess with there heads :-)r

.

Yeah I got a sick sense of humor :jester:

tommudd · **Posted:** Tue Mar 16, 2010 2:07 pm

That must be why I like you Troy...that sick sense of humor. I do the same things just to throw them off, fun at times , other times can't stand to walk into one.

yodejt02 · **Posted:** Tue Mar 16, 2010 2:46 pm

This kind of thing has happened to me before with a different vehicle. I needed a part# for an oil filter.....they told me it was screw on, I told them they were crazy it was a canister filter....turned into a big deal with the parts guy getting very angry untill him and his manager went outside with me and I showed them how wrong they were. Needless to say I got some store credit out of that one.....free oil

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