I have approximately 6ish" of lift, Dana 35 and a front DS (with the HnT) and had to have it shortened .75"! But I used the longer of the front drive shafts. If I remember right...there are 3-4 different lengths of front DS's from the Cherokees.

 

I have the 8.25 so I have the long snout

 

im running a front shaft in the nrear had to get it made longer cause im running 10.5 inchs of lift ,have not had any issues with it what so ever

 

Has anyone ever broke one being in the rear I'm kinda nerves

 

just measure from end to end after you get the sye on and hit the jy bound to find something that will bolt right in

 

the shaft is smaller round i know but its thicker tubing you should have no issues ,you can all way take it to a driveshaft shop and get a thicker tube in stalled but its really not needed

 

I have a stock xj front ds at the house might look for a v8 zj though

 

either way its cheaper and quicker than waiting fot a shaft in the mail to be made and delivered good luck

 

Yup thanks for all the input guys it helped a lot

 

The longest you can go is a 93-95.5 V8 grand cherokee front shaft. I picked one up brand new for $75 from a guy who rolled his rig before installing it. Im running 6" with RE HNT and 33's for about 2 yrs with no problems at all.

 

I've got a sye kit with a front driveshaft works awesome on my 6.5" lift

 

When I ordered my SYE it was a advance adapter / Tom Woods combo. They told me how and where to measure, calculated the shorter tail housing, and sent me everything in a week.. It was A perfect fit. Had a small grease leak from an end plug in the drive shaft, spoke to Tom Woods and he sent a new complete shaft overnight without having to send back the original shaft first. Great guy to deal with..

 

So you ordered from Rustys cause they said Tom woods tells them that the wait period is that long but I'll be running the front driveshaft for now

 

WOW, glad i found you guys. Cool, so i here a front shaft from my xj might work in the rear with a 4.5" lift and SYE kit....is this true? Front shaft from diff yr and model??? This is daily Driver, trying to have no down time but none of the "pros" can tell me what length rear shaft to order...any advise would be awesome.

 

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