Answer to your questionIt will not work. I helped install an Iron Rock Offroad sye kit with a front shaft and it did not work. The shaft will fit BUT with only about 1/8" of play left in the slip joint. The first time you get any rear axle droop you will probably rip your sye out of the transfer case. The front shaft from a 4.0/aw4/np231 will work.n Tha manual shaft in about 1 1/2" shorter. This link has all relative shaft lengths, even some zj shafts may fit the bill for ya.
Also if you have a d35 you may have to use a zj shaft. The d35 pinion is shorter that the 8.25 and d44.
http://www2.dana.com/pdf/J321-CV.PDF
Yes. Or check for a V8 ZJ front shaft like Johnnie said.
Shorter, by 1.41" IIRC. Check the catalog soopergoober posted under the Jeep section.
You won't rip the SYE out, but you will pop the splined slip joint apart and your driveshaft will do a bit of swinging around and the splines probably won't be in good enough condition to put back into the socket again afterwards.It will not work. I helped install an Iron Rock Offroad sye kit with a front shaft and it did not work. The shaft will fit BUT with only about 1/8" of play left in the slip joint. The first time you get any rear axle droop you will probably rip your sye out of the transfer case. The front shaft from a 4.0/aw4/np231 will work.n Tha manual shaft in about 1 1/2" shorter. This link has all relative shaft lengths, even some zj shafts may fit the bill for ya.
Also if you have a d35 you may have to use a zj shaft. The d35 pinion is shorter that the 8.25 and d44.
http://www2.dana.com/pdf/J321-CV.PDF
then it was a stick almost through his floor!
Thanks for the help. It was a definite good read though impractical, especially for my modest build.
