Close, stock backspacing is 5.25"

 

Does anyone have an answer for this?

 

which conversion? you need to be more specific.

 

The u-bolt converison on the driveshafts. You know to get rid of the stock/crap way of holding the u-joints on the driveshaft. .

The one form this thread
https://www.cherokeeforum.com/f51/re...version-28141/
I know he said to buy the cheap ones in the thread but I wanted to know if the other ones I posted would work because I through them in the internet cart when I bought my U-joints. I know, dumb move but I will say it was late at night and I was thinking a 100%

 

Ok after much googleing I found the specs of the U-bolts in the write up...and guess who bought the wrong ones lol oh well. The right one are only like 3-5 bucks at any auto store. Thanks for the help tho

 

Technically the joints that those are for have larger caps at the ends that those retainers go on (1 1/8"). The 1330 joints are used for axle conversions to switch between cap diameters. Your caps are all 1 1/16" diameter.

You probably could make them work, but the caps are going to wear out MUCH faster without even pressure on them from the bolts. You should just cut your losses and get the right diameter retainers IMO.

 

Yeah I will, but in the write up the person gives a part number for u-bolts that are 1 1/4? whats thats even bigger?

 

I've asked a few times at different radio shacks but they never have any nor can they tell me where to find them. Maybe at Frys Electronics??

 

Lol radio shack, those guys didnt even know what thermal paste was the last time I went in there. Yeah I would just do some google research or try frys.

 

Japple, can you take a couple of pic so we can get a better idea of your mod? Sounds interesting and a worth while mod.

 

Heres the link to the write up https://www.cherokeeforum.com/f51/rea...version-28141/

I by no means thought of this myself lol. But yeah check it out, seems pretty simple~and jinxed =D

 

well after looking more, looks like that those are the same thing as the ones you have, and it's the only solution, so i guess it will work.
http://forum.northeastjeep.org/index.php?topic=21270.0

What u-joint did you get / does it take? Everything i find points to a 1-1/16 bearing cap on each side, which would point to the 2-94-28X kit. http://www.actionmachineinc.com/1310...suboltkit.aspx

i dunno though if everyone uses the other one without issue i guess you'll be fine

 

O ok thanks, knew it was somewhere in there.lol

 

i am thinking if i do that then it will not pass Texas State Inspection the next time in needs to be registered (which is every year). but thanks for the suggestion

 

I was curious if anyone might know more about this...but I'm in north Carolina and I'm curious about the law on an xj with the doors off. I took mine off for a while and put up some homemade mirrors that worked just fine. But was pulled over because of it. I was told that if a vehicle comes equipped with doors that aren't removable it is illegal to do so. Is there a way to make a Cherokee legal with the doors off?