I would never trust towing a large capacity with an XJ, I know of people who do and to their credit have swapped out the rear diff for something stronger. As simple as as a axle snap is off road, with fatigue, it can happen as seen on the highway. With the design of the D35 when the axle snaps the whole assembly lets go, nothing on the outside flange to keep the wheel let alone the axle in tact.
Expensive lesson but yes a massive flaw in the D35 design!!! Hense why when I had mine I did the fullfloat conversion adding hubs to save myself the problem if an axle spapped.
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