Wide track or narrow track

[Larry181]

I recently purchased a 1980 CJ7 with AMC 258 i6 / 4.2l 6 cyl. Standard Transmission . It needs quite a bit of front end work. The part kits ask if the Jeep is narrow track or wide track. How do I find out which I have?

 

[tarry99]

A 1980 Dana 30 front end should have a narrow track at 53" wheel mount to wheel mount.........from 1982-86 the Dana 30 was a wide track at 56"

 

[Lumpy Grits]

:ww:

Tarry 99, knows of what he speaks.
LG

 

[mtnwhlr]

The CJ7 must have been different than the CJ5 because they had the narrow track until the end in '83

 

[tarry99]

The CJ7 must have been different than the CJ5 because they had the narrow track until the end in '83

You know I think anything is possible on these CJ's from model year to year.

The most widely published info is:

"the front Dana 30 's were all "narrow track" until the 1982 model year.
Starting in 1982 the CJ7 's and CJ8 's went to a "wide track" Dana 30 ."


The only real way to find out what you have is to pull off the wheels and measure.

 

[Posi]

Yup, no CJ5 ever came from the factory with wide track axles.