Batman33165

Morning guys...

I went offroading over 2 weeks ago and my straps ripped off, with the assistance with a few guys telling me what to do I was able to remove the driveshaft from the slip yoke elimator...

Here's the problem, I mis placed the 4 bolts that brought the slip yoke elimator to the driveshaft yoke together... any idea what I can use to replace them? Or do I need to go online and try looking for these same looking bolts... the only thing I remember were that they were used with a 1/2 wrench and had a 12 pt. Head... and were probably 2 maybe 3 inches long.

stc7790

You could try a junkyard probably cheaper then anything new when i go to mine if I buy something else they usual give me as much free hardware I can carry I one hand

Batman33165

That's the thing the few jeeps that were out there in the junkyard only had the driveshafts that connected to the transmission with no screws... with the rubber housings only

salad

U bolts!

https://www.cherokeeforum.com/f51/rear-yoke-u-bolt-conversion-28141/

Batman33165

I appreciate the thread but its the wrong side... and I have that replaced with u bolts already...

salad

Is there some readon you can't do U bolts in the SYE...? They're both 1310 yokes.

Batman33165

No... ill give it a try but it seem like the bolts were smaller than the u bolts. Worth a try

XJ-92

The bolt is a 5/16-24.

Lowrange2

^^^ Yup, 5/16-24.

carbuff

They are. You have to drill out the yokes to use the u bolts as per the thread. Or is that not what you meant?

Batman33165

No... what I'm talking about has a u joint attached to the driveshaft and a flat surface on the side that connects to the slip yoke side...

Batman33165

The flat piece is on the right side... the other side (left) is whereit connects to the rear differential

salad

Eh? That photo has a U joint on the right...

Are you talking about an SYE/DS that uses a flange-style yoke like this?

cmartin77

U bolts are stronger than the straps

Batman33165

Yea salad... I'm pretty sure that's what I mean...