4x4 swap drive line length

[muddymj]

i swapped my long bed 4cy comanche to 4x4 and its 56'' inches from the tail of the tcase to the u joint clamp. i am just wondering if anyone knows from an other vehicle a good drive line that will work so i can have it cut down

 

 

and I'm not useing a slip yoke eliminator

[Pete M]

Meaning your truck was 2wd before? Your 2wd driveshaft should work just fine for cutting down (assuming there's nothing wrong with it).

[muddymj]

except why would u want such a big drive shaft. i could do that, ill have to go to pull a part and get the right slip that goes in t case,the spline different. i mys well since I'm not using a sye

[Pete M]

I ran the big driveshaft for years without issues. Just make sure you're shortening the non-isolator end (i.e. keeping the rubber isolator) and when reinstalled, the rubber isolator stays at the axle end.

[hogelectra]

Big shaft that brings up some of my own questions. I noticed that my drives haft is really large - bigger then what I have seen on Cherokee I run with. I saw a vendor tag on it so I know it is an after market add on. Are these better then others? Also when I finally go to a DANA44 can the driveshaft be shorten to fit?

[Pete M]

Is it a tube-in-a-tube style with the rubber isolator between them? (it's usually visible from the axle end)