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Engine: 4.0L HO I-6, 703 Injectors, Brown Dog Super Engine Mounts
Pay attention to the width of those girdle straps - while they both will fit the 1310 ujoint, neither is technically wide enough to fit the holes in the yoke
Stock: 1.587"
Fastshafts: 1.415"
Leadmine: 1.406"
Correct way to do it is to swap the yoke with one designed for ubolts:
In general, it's not a good idea to drill the existing yoke for the ubolts - you'll likely run into clearance issues on the backside, and when you convert a 'strap' yoke to a 'u-bolt' yoke, the u-bolts do not fir the ujoint cap the entire way around, leaving areas for the cap to deform and crush the needle bearings.
I like the fact your kit comes with a new u joint, cause I was gonna replace those at the same time anyway.
Originally Posted by dukie564
Pay attention to the width of those girdle straps - while they both will fit the 1310 ujoint, neither is technically wide enough to fit the holes in the yoke
Stock: 1.587"
Fastshafts: 1.415"
Leadmine: 1.406"
Correct way to do it is to swap the yoke with one designed for ubolts:
In general, it's not a good idea to drill the existing yoke for the ubolts - you'll likely run into clearance issues on the backside, and when you convert a 'strap' yoke to a 'u-bolt' yoke, the u-bolts do not fir the ujoint cap the entire way around, leaving areas for the cap to deform and crush the needle bearings.
Kinda my thoughts as well. Thank you for those measurements, I didn't even realize that. Looks like I'll be going with the ubolt yoke kit for the front and rear. Along with new u joints as well.