How many inchs can I lift my xj till I need to worry about the driveshaft falling out

[FlexdXJ]

You must be a fan of your flares. I'm not so I'm at 3" with 32's! I would definitely just go ahead and do a slip yoke eliminator and take care of that issue all together.

 

[kmanxj5050]

^^^^^^

Drinks the kool aid.

 

[ruffrich26]

Cool sounds good guys thank you

 

[ruffrich26]

I am at 5.5"lift on stock DS. Its never fallen off.

So your running a stock Ds with 5.5 lift what year is your xj and also did you have to change the shocks and track bar when doing so??
Thank you

 

[kmanxj5050]

Definitely have to do shocks and track bar! If your DD 'ing your rig I'd do a Sye and front DS. But I dd'ed all of mine without a Sye.

01 with 3", 4.5" and then 6.5"
96 with 4.5"
96 with 5.5"

 

[gajeepguy]

I had both an 89 & 94 with 4.5" & 32's I never had an issue with dropping the driveline. I might have been lucky though. My 93 is 6.5 and I did install a SYE. I dont worry about it now.

In my 89 I'm at 4.5" and 32s with stock shafts and no issues here, but I do have a case drop.

 

[ruffrich26]

Ya I figured I am looking I found everything thinking I can do this all for about $930 talking sye new DS new shocks new track bar and spacers and shackles its a DD my other option is not going any bigger I've got a 3 inch lift running 32's which seems to do alright I only got stuck once and it was me bottoming out in a rutt I was off all four tires lol so thats what made me think of maybe going a little bit bigger

Definitely have to do shocks and track bar! If your DD 'ing your rig I'd do a Sye and front DS. But I dd'ed all of mine without a Sye.

01 with 3", 4.5" and then 6.5"
96 with 4.5"
96 with 5.5"

 

[XJosh95]

I used a driveshaft from the front of an XJ for my rear shaft with the SYE. It's a pretty inexpensive way to get one long enough back there. Much cheaper than a new driveshaft.

 

[sneakyjap96]

You can run 33s on 3 in just gotta cut

 

[XJ&CHZ4ME]

I ran a SYE w/ stock front shaft out back on @ 8" of lift and never dropped a shaft, except maybe that one time and Wheeler needed the money.

 

[macgyvr]

95 and down tend to respond better to being lifted than the 96+

They changed the tcase in those years (along with the change from OBD I to OBD II) and the newer style had the internal rear seal vs the external rear seal. While it doesn't appear this would make much of a difference, there are more complaints on vibes with the newer style.

That said I ran a stock shaft that was lengthened an inch on my 95 up to about 6 inches of lift and a stock lengthened shaft on my 96 at 4.5 inches, only went to an sye on the 96 because I got a great deal on a tcase with one installed.

One the sye, I ran a front shaft in the rear, but had to also have it lengthened an inch.

mac 'one inche makes the difference sometimes' gyvr

 

[99SJ_Ex]

Instead of paying to lengthen the ds, you could grab the frt d.s. out of a ZJ that had a V8, those are longer than the XJ shaft. That is what I run in back on my 99.

 

[1989TwoDoor]

Put a body lift on it.atriot:...ha, ha.

 

[ruffrich26]

Instead of paying to lengthen the ds, you could grab the frt d.s. out of a ZJ that had a V8, those are longer than the XJ shaft. That is what I run in back on my 99.

That was my first thought but I've been told the aren't that strong of DS

 

[99SJ_Ex]

That was my first thought but I've been told the aren't that strong of DS

Haven't had an issue...