You sound like me. I replace my both front hubs, upper and lower ball joints, tie rod ends, all the bushings, steering stabilzer, track bar and u-joints. It was that best thing.

only bushing I won't be replacing is the UCA ones..and that's just cause I am to lazy to deal with all that crap...surprising enough once you do a complete lift only bushings left are the sway bar bushing and UCA's..atleast with an RE 3.5...but eventually the UCA's will get replaced...

Well I have the front axle out already for the 4wd conversion so I was able to replace them.

It'll fit. I'm using a 01 xj shaft on almost 5" of lift back there.

Did you have to do any mods for it to fit or did it just bolt up? If it a direct bolt on I am gonna go snag me one next week and the JY..

No they bolt right up.

i am at 6.5" muddeprived what do you think about a front on mine?

good deal is there any particular model where they are longer then the others? Say one from a 231 or 242 case longer then the other or newer models longer then older models?

look at my link (crown) in my first post to this thread. it shows what year and models and how long they are.

Thanks I didn't even catch that link when you first posted it.

Called a JY and can get one for $30 and they have like a ton so based on the crown site I can go all the way to a 2000 model and it's the same length and u-joints..that is if I am reading it correctly..could replace both of mine with newer ones..

Yeah inspect the u-joints before using them. Mine were ok so i "rebuilt" them. Took the u-joints apart, all the needles out, cleaned caps and needles, reinstalled and regreased. They were like new afterwards and saved myself quite a few bucks. You can only do this IF the u-joint is still ok.

Im just going to replace mine with new u-joints.

Yeah if I get em I am definitely replacing the u-jounts on em before installing them. That way I can make sure they are all in good condition before running em..