Looking to replace my current hack-n-tap with a stronger SYE. What's the best unit out there? This is going into a beefy '93 XJ. Feedback appreciated. thx

 

Is your HnT giving you trouble, or do you just not like it?

With a HnT you can move it to another tcase. With the traditional SYE if you ever break a tcase you run the risk of breaking that SYE as well, bringing your replacement cost that much higher.

If its just to replace to have a full SYE, why bother?

 

May have snapped the output shaft last weekend on eagle rock. Haven't been able to get into yet, but some thing grenaded in there. Just thinking about beefing it up while I have it apart.

 

As long as the HnTs didn't fail then its not the weak link and shouldn't need to be repaired.

At this point you could find a cheap replacement and install your HnT and drive away. A bit more difficult if you had a traditional SYE.

 

This site has been pissing me off lately.

Double post.

 

i have searched high and low looking for someone who had broken a hack and tap, and this the closest/best thing I found with reference to hack and taps

 

Well the weak link is probably the smaller OEM output shaft correct? If that breaks, I still need to open the case to remove it and cut off and tap a new shaft right? Or is my noobness being apparent? I'm trying to get thing so it doesn't break in the first place.

 

yeah if your output shaft broke and didnt affect anything, you could get an SYE and it would replace the broken shaft and you'd have a true SYE. however, if you damaged something else and go with a new Tcase then the HNT will be easier and cheaper to redo on the replacement tcase than getting a new SYE

 

Gotcha on that. Will have to tear into it this weekend to find out exactly what's what.

BUT, in the meantime, does anyone have any real time experience with the several different mfgs of SYEs and could shed light as to which one is better than the other....just in case I go that route?

 

i went with Advance Adapters. i went with them because i only wanted to buy an SYE once. i did this to my t-case, and i just gutted the case and put the SYE in the new t-case.


plus when i called AA about ordering one, i spent about 30min on the phone just shooting the crap with the guy talking about wheeling and jeeps. we probably only spent 10min talking about the SYE. pretty cool company if you ask me...

 

i have a advanced adapters sye . havent had a single problem yet and the kit is beeeefcake!!.. comes witha full chromo shaft . i also beefed up the case chain with a chain out of a s10 231 case . its about a 1/4 inch wider(beef) same with the drive gears cheap and easy upgrade. i had a HnT and upgraded to this , its been going strong for about 2yrs

 

^^^ 89ELIMINATOR did she make a horrific bang hahah . but yah advanced adapters all the way !!!!

 

yeah, the noise wasnt good haha. one of those you know something just broke noises.

 

if you want a full sye kit advanced adapters all day IMO excellent product for the price and a much easier instal then any hack n tap kit.

 

lol. I agree with everything to that point unless you can cleanly install a SYE in less than a half hour, which is how long it takes to do a HNT