I know a lot of guys use front driveshafts when they lift their xj's, and i was going to go this route, due to it being cheaper.
i found a cherokee being parted out, and was going to buy the front driveshaft but the guy wants 75$ for it, this seeems really expensive from what ive heard. about what should i pay for a front driveshaft?

 

What do you mean use them when lifted?

 

you cant use it unless you did a slip yoke eliminator

 

Dang! $75 for a front driveshaft? Tell him he's high. I wouldn't pay more than $20 TOPS for a used pulled DS. I can go to the local junkyard and get one for $19.95.

You need them for the SYE adapter if you have a large lift and have driveline vibrations. Search for Slip Yoke Eliminator and you will see what it is and what the driveshaft is for.

 

60 to 75 is the going price around central coast of Calif

 

Mine was $50, painted and lookin like new.

 

They run about $40-$50 around here.

 

i pay 50 bucks around here. Just make sure its in decent shape, it's worth that price all day long. a new shaft from napa is around 220 bucks and a rebuild kit is about 50 (not including u joints)

if i go to harry's u pull it in hazleton pa, i can get them for around 20. Sometimes I will grab as many as I can get and resell them for around 40

 

mocXI, What you probably heard was using a front driveshaft in the rear is a good way to save a buck after doing a SYE conversion. Because after spending to 200-300 bucks on the SYE another 200 for a new custom built DS sucks.

 

 

The ONLY way I would give the guy $75 is if he could show me paperwork for the driveshaft having been rebuilt recently and I could tell by looking at it that the CV and U-joints looked new and were tight and it good shape. If it was just a DS out a random junkyard doner XJ, I wouldn't give more than $40 for it. I would probably try like heck to talk them down from that much.