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Q I’m 42 and all I’ve ever been into is cars. I moved to Pennsylvania about 12 years ago, 30 minutes from Paragon before they closed it. I never ever heard of a front axle being called a “front rear” before moving here. Have you ever heard of such a thing? Also, isn’t it true that although we all use the term LJ for the TJ Wrangler Unlimited, that term was made up and it’s still a TJ?
SEAN HIGGZ
A Interesting, I have never heard of a front axle being called a “front rear.” However, I have heard of axle components being called very strange things, such as the centersection of an axle being called a “hog’s head.” It’s understandable, because the assembly looks like the head of a hog if you imagine the pinion and yoke as the hog snout. Anyway, there are likely many other colloquialisms from the area that are different than what you are used to. Good luck with your new second language.
As for the ’04-’06 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited, technically speaking it’s a derivative of the TJ Wrangler. Sort of in the same way the Sport, Sahara, and Rubicon don’t have their own designations. The Jeep engineers who developed the ’04-’06 Wrangler Unlimited and worked on 4x4 of the Year competition. I followed
