I recently just got a 1989 Cherokee 2 door Sport and have a question about the front axle. I was underneath checking things out and noticed that the passenger side has the normal straight axle shaft and a u joint on the end. the drivers side has what appears to be a CV type of axle behind the hub. I have to change the hubs out and was planning to change u joints while I'm in there but was a little bewildered by this? Any insight as to why it might be this way, and maybe some pics of users front axles so i could get an idea what I'm seeing. Thanks!

 

Sounds like someone swapped in a replacement shaft with the CV. Not a huge job to replace it. Grab a set of shafts at the junkyard, rebuild them and swap them out. Now you have spares! I happen to prefer the u-joint type, but some do like the CV type shafts.