upgrade to larger u-joints

[MWinland]

I want to upgrade to larger u-joints in my D30 w/ cad, but I want to keep the cad (posi). Can I use the driver side off a 96+ XJ on the passanger side for the outer?

[CWLONGSHOT]

You will need a set of shafts from a 1995 Jeep YJ.

 

CW

[Pete M]

Some quick and dirty research a while back pointed to ABS equipped 93-95 YJs having the right shafts for the bigger joints. Don't know for sure what is accurate though. :(

[Rokhound]

Mad XJ

 

http://www.madxj.com/MADXJ/technical/te ... dSeals.htm

[CWLONGSHOT]

Some quick and dirty research a while back pointed to ABS equipped 93-95 YJs having the right shafts for the bigger joints. Don't know for sure what is accurate though. :(

 

Yes they will..but they will not be disco axles. Those went away with the HO in 1991.

 

CW

[CWLONGSHOT]

Mad XJ

 

http://www.madxj.com/MADXJ/technical/te ... dSeals.htm

 

This is a good option is you want to eliminate the diso.

 

CW

[Oizarod115]

Mad XJ

 

http://www.madxj.com/MADXJ/technical/te ... dSeals.htm

 

This is a good option is you want to eliminate the diso.

 

CW

 

look though, he didn't eliminate the disconnect... he used a 95 YJ passenger side shaft and kept the disconnect and the 297 joint

[jeepthing07]

Some quick and dirty research a while back pointed to ABS equipped 93-95 YJs having the right shafts for the bigger joints. Don't know for sure what is accurate though. :(

 

Yes they will..but they will not be disco axles. Those went away with the HO in 1991.

 

CW

 

All YJ's had the disco axle. I think it was in 1994 they went to the 297X joints on the ABS equiped YJ's but in 1995 all of them got the bigger joints.

 

I don't really know if the 297X joints are a upgrade when useing the stock shaft because the holes were just bored out bigger to accept the bigger caps. my friend ripped the ears off the inner shafts on both sides on his TJ the joints dident even break.

 

The ears on my YJ's shafts were bent in slightly and couldent get the clips on the caps so i bought some non disco 297X shafts off ebay