Driveshaft figment

[HunterK]

Have a question for you guys, I looked around for a while and couldn’t find any answers. I need to put a front driveshaft in my Comanche. 4.0, ax15, np231. I had an adams driveshaft in there but that exploded on me. I need something to get me through the winter. Will a driveshaft out of an automatic Cherokee bolt up and be the right length? Or do I have to find one out of a manual Cherokee? Anything input helps. Thanks. 

[Pete M]

do you have any lift? 

[gogmorgo]

I think the 4.0/auto front driveshaft will be a touch longer than the ax15's. Maybe an inch or so. At least that's how much further back the tcase is. Whether that's enough to bottom the slip section I don't know. If you're at stock height it'll definitely collapse it further than the aw4 XJ did, so you'll want to make sure the shaft going in is clean, not chowdered up or caked with crud or rusted or something else that could make it seize. 

[HunterK]

17 hours ago, Pete M said:

do you have any lift? 

It has 6.5 inch lift 

[HunterK]

14 hours ago, gogmorgo said:

I think the 4.0/auto front driveshaft will be a touch longer than the ax15's. Maybe an inch or so. At least that's how much further back the tcase is. Whether that's enough to bottom the slip section I don't know. If you're at stock height it'll definitely collapse it further than the aw4 XJ did, so you'll want to make sure the shaft going in is clean, not chowdered up or caked with crud or rusted or something else that could make it seize. 

This should be good, my truck is lifted, I was worried about them being to short 

[Pete M]

you'll be fine with either drivesahft.  Just don't get any from 86 or earlier as they are a spindly little thing. 

 

also, put some basic details of your truck in your signature   

[Mbryson]

I just measured for my front driveline at 32.75”.  AX15 with external slave and 242 to an XJ Dana 30