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Offline VA_YJ

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CV Driveshaft for TJ
« on: April 09, 2009, 08:45:57 PM »
I've found a TJ front drive shaft (double cardan) for $50.  Can I have this cut down and balanced to use for a rear CV driveshaft?  It's from 97 4 banger with 55K miles.  I want to connect a dana 300 (flipped) to a ford 8.8 rear (longer than stock) with a 6 cylinder.  The tube is smaller diameter than the rear, so I'm wondering about strength.

If this won't work, can I at least salvage the double cardan and weld to a section of ford explorer rear driveshaft (V8 variety) and have that balanced?
95 YJ, 31 BFG ATs, 4.0 TB & spacer, Banks header, DynoMax CAT back, 19# inj, AEM CAI, 20 gal mod, Optima yellow
98 TJ, 35 BFG Krawlers, 4.0 liter, ax15, atlas 5:1, armor, Super 88 (under construction)
96 XJ Cheep Cherokee, 33s, 4.0 liter, AW4, future project
89 Waggy, 360 V8 727 dana 44s, it runs

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Re: CV Driveshaft for TJ
« Reply #1 on: April 10, 2009, 03:10:39 AM »
It will work fine, as long as the d300 has a CV style rear yoke.  I often use shortened TJ & XJ front shafts in the rear.

Offline VA_YJ

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Re: CV Driveshaft for TJ
« Reply #2 on: April 10, 2009, 08:00:09 AM »
Thanks.  I'll buy it this weekend.
95 YJ, 31 BFG ATs, 4.0 TB & spacer, Banks header, DynoMax CAT back, 19# inj, AEM CAI, 20 gal mod, Optima yellow
98 TJ, 35 BFG Krawlers, 4.0 liter, ax15, atlas 5:1, armor, Super 88 (under construction)
96 XJ Cheep Cherokee, 33s, 4.0 liter, AW4, future project
89 Waggy, 360 V8 727 dana 44s, it runs