tomborsari

I hate making another thread about this, but i have done a pretty good amount of searching and can't find a straight answer. (thot there was a thread on JF with all the different lenghts front DS's that would work, but cant find it for the life of me)

I know the best way to determine it is to measure from the TC to Pinion, but i dont know the lengths of the other Driveshafts..

I have a 5spd xj with the 27 spline 8.25 on 4.5" of lift (soon to be 6.5)... i have a sye ready to be installed, but not 300 for a custom ds lol

I have read that some people use the front driveshafts from:
newer auto xj's
zj's
95+ ( ?) explorers
rangers?

(ive been contemplating takin one outta a zj at the local JY)

anyone have any idea what would fit mine properly or atleast know the lengths of these so i can measure up?

freegdr

this helphttps://www.cherokeeforum.com/f40/so...4/#post1516685

tomborsari

EXACTLY what i remembered reading, glad you found it for me, thanks man!

freegdr

save it to your favorites

tomborsari

bookmarked it as soon as i saw it, hahaha

Demolition_x

I did the v8 zj shaft for my rear shaft when i did my SYE. I am at 6" with 8.25 and ax15.

I only had 2 inches of engagement in the slip. Just keep that in mind when you get everything installed. Might be easier to install and measure before picking up a v8 zj shaft. I went custom and have not looked back.

tomborsari

hmm yeah eventually cuztom is whre its at.. just not yet haha. jeeze whats the length of ur custom one if u dont mind me askin?

Demolition_x

I ordered a 34.25" shaft. My zj shaft is 32.

A custom shaft is cheaper than you think. I picked up a CJ Tatton shaft, he is very reasonable and a pleasure to deal with. By the time you replace the u joints on the drive shaft a custom shaft a few bucks more.

SeriousOffroad

http://www.jeepforum.com/forum/f11/l...8/#post1377046

tomborsari

demoliton x, honestly, i havent ever even seen that guys work or heard of his business, but i found the ebay store and i really like how his prices and service seems, especially for the price.
and seriousoffroad, i was on that thread earlier, but it wasnt helpin me too much cause he did the h/n/tap so finding a longer front DS wasnt to obig of a deal yanno?

Metmknice

V8 ZJ shaft should work fine, until you get a custom shaft.

freegdr

take in a zj shaft with your needed length to a shop in your area save major change on a retube mine was 150 bucks 2day wait jm2cw

Demolition_x

I think his shafts are top notch. He uses all spicer components. Before I installed mine I looked it over compared it to a toms woods shaft and was very very happy with my purchase and glad i did not go with a woods shaft.

People say to retube a zj shaft and that is fine but I could not justify that when it would cost me over 100 bucks to retube a stock shaft (locally). When a Tatton shaft is a little over 200 bucks and I got it in a week from when I ordered it.

I might have needed a custom length also because my long arm kit did not have a manual only cross member so the trans is pushed up higher compared to an auto trans.