optimus2 Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 After doing my SOA lift I am at about 7" of lift and no longer comfortable with the amount of engagement I have between the rear drive shaft and the transfer case. It still drives and there are no vibes, but I don't trust getting into a situation where i would be looking for a lot of torque. do to my being cheap and low on funds I am trying to avoid building a new rear drive shaft. I have been told that swapping the tail shaft portion of a tj transfer-case onto mine would add to the over all length(don't know how much yet). This would solve my short drive shaft problem and would be an internal oil seal transfer case instead of the external that is currently in place. This is an option to me because I can have the parts required to do the swap for cheap/free. tail housing, output shaft, slip yoke that would match question is can anyone confirm this? Has anyone done this before? Still researching this on my own as well but if someone can give a strait answer maybe it would save me some hassle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yxmj Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 If you have the parts....grab yourself a tape measure and answer your own question... :dunno: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
optimus2 Posted February 10, 2015 Author Share Posted February 10, 2015 can get the parts for cheap, don't have the parts on hand. wanna make sure its worth it before i go after it. thanks for the help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yxmj Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Then why not ask the fellow who has the tail-shaft to measure it for you and then compare it with the current tail-shaft you have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yxmj Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Just measured every 231 i have...6 in 2 out......and baring dirt and ice all tail shafts are within 1/8" by my tape.....the one on the yj is the same length but seems to have a different bolt pattern IMHO.....the solution for you is to get a SYE and have a shaft made the right length :dunno: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
optimus2 Posted February 16, 2015 Author Share Posted February 16, 2015 thanks for taking the time to measure. ended up going a different route as simpler options came available. found a drive shaft out of a lwb mj with a dana 35 so i gained 1" there. and a yoke from a different mj (I don't know the year) that was 1/4-3/8" longer than mine. combined the 2 made up the extra length to return me to a safe engagement at the transfer case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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