lwb drive shaft lengths

[waggy]

does anyone have the length of the rear drive shaft for a lwb 4x4 , preferably with a d44 .

[jimoshel]

49in,center of Ujoint to center of Ujoint,'89 MJ with D44,Ax15, 4.0L

[waggy]

cool thanks , thats a normal drive shaft ? stock no lift ? with a slip yoke ? thanks for the info . :cheers:

[mvusse]

Going from memory, I believe my stock 4.0/AW4 D35 measures 48".

[mvusse]

Just measured the bent and dented one laying in my driveway. 48.25" center to center on the u joint ears.

That's off an 87 4.0/auto 4x4 D35.

[87Warrior]

This is from a '91, LWB, 4x4, AW4, NP231, D44 rig:

 

The slip yoke is right at 5"

 

When I set this shaft beside the D35 shaft in my truck, it was clearly shorter as it should be since the pinion is longer on the D44. Sorry, I don't want to crawl under my muddy truck to measure!

[waggy]

thanks guys , i will be running a aw4 with np242 and a d44 with 5-6 in lift .. i don't think there will be any need for fixed yoke , but maybe a CV driveshaft ..

[Pete M]

no real need for a CV shaft. these aren't XJs afterall. :D

 

For that combo and lift, I'd run something close to the 49". Hard to say for sure without measuring the truck with its completed setup.

[pingpong]

I know when I had a bed on my Truggy my rig had a 53" driveshaft. The rig was a 4.0w/aw4 np231w/sye and 8.8.

[akamcbird]

'86 lwb, 2.8l, tf 3speed, np207, d35 = 54" eye to eye

[jimoshel]

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