Buying Used Jeep Axles

They’re worth whatever you’re willing to pay. I’ve seen them anywhere from $400 to $1000 for the matching set, but it’s rare that they come up any more at all. They’re getting harder to find, so beggars can’t really be choosers. Go into it assuming they’re cores so you won’t be disappointed if they really are.

 

Tubes aren't bent, none of the tubes or carrier are rotted out, the bearing bores are all still round and concentric, the diff case bearing caps are intact, I'd personally say the brake mounting flanges are intact.

That's generally what I'd consider a *good* core.

 

With the BW1339, the gearing is probably 3.07's. The other option was 3.54's, neither of which are going to be very suitable for a CJ but then you would likely be replacing those with lockers anyway. The tread width is 59". I would be going for the low side of Ryan's estimate on cost. I paid $300 for a pair of Scout II D44's several years back. Those too had 3.07 gears and I ended up only using the hubs, spindles, and disc brakes from the front. That rear axle is now under my friend Dene's Willys wagon with 3.73's and a Powr-Lok.

 

from my perspective...

I have cobbled together all manner of junk. On the D30 I just put an Ox locker in, I realized I had GM calipers, jeep disks with a cj2a hub on one side and some hub from a newer cj on the other and drum spindles. I looked at that and just threw it all away, ordered new hubs and disk spindles..

My point is, from my perspective, this stuff is worth scrap price. Its all garbage to me because the ball joints are toast, the wheel bearings/hubs/lockouts and brakes are junk and if youre going to swap out the case, all you have left is a housing and some tubes that may or may not be any good.

To do this again, I would buy a ready made axle or fabricate one I want. To buy some old D44 or D30 junk, to me, its not worth more than 100 bucks an axle, tops..Others may disagree, but here is an example
https://www.4wheelparts.com/p/currie-enterprises-high-pinion-60-rear-axle-with-disc-brakes-4-10-gears-and-arb-air-locker-ce-jr6304a41/_/R-DVPF-CE-JR6304A41?ppcfon=1&gp=1&ecmp=s:google_18696791715___&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=SC Shopping - LowVolume & Brands - Performance Max&gclid=Cj0KCQjwiZqhBhCJARIsACHHEH8J-x_quLHZDAQMbG2gMY-PSND3L98T-dRx8uoyrXsrsFB-q0SAPNkaAtI1EALw_wcB
I know its not a CJ axle, but for 6 grand you get a bolt in axle with everything you want and that ARB locker.

Yeah, its worth more than my entire jeep, but I just put 1800.00 into a POS D30 and spent a week welding and wrenching on it... Still not done..And I am reusing the calipers and lock outs, gears and axle shafts.

 

I look at cl and marketplace almost every day looking for Jeep stuff, so I think I have a good feel for what these sell for (at least in my area). I'd expect to pay around 4-500 for a good used front axle (complete) and maybe 2-300 for a rear.
I recently bought a CJ disc brake 30 for 300 bucks and felt like I got a pretty good deal.

 

Depends on whether or not you do actually wheel the wagon. If you do, eventually you WILL be replacing the D25. The rear could last, 2 piece or not.

I'm another that thinks D60's are, for the most part overkill, not to mention the weight and ground clearance issues.

 

OK, the D60 was just an example of what you can get. Here is a D44,
https://eastcoastgearsupply.com/i-23173923-dana-44-cj-front-bolt-in-axle-assembly.html
https://eastcoastgearsupply.com/i-23173905-dana-44-cj-rear-bolt-in-axle-assembly-30-spline.html
You pay one way or another. There is no such thing was a free lunch. If you pay 500 bucks for an axle and use nothing but the housing and buy everything new, have someone set up your gears, spend 2 weeks on it every day after work, you're at least halfway to the cost of brand new delivered. These are also all new with modern brakes.