sorry guys, writeup request. fitting 760 full circle clips

[CAJJ93XJ]

just picked up some 297x shafts. going to install them and keep them as my mains
old ones will be trail spares now. for the life of me I cannot find a write up for this. I know it's easy I just want some pics for reference

also having trouble finding where to buy the full clips? I was hoping to pick everything up at NAPA

thanks guys I'm sure the info's out there I'm just google retarded at the moment

 

[magimerlin]

Check the threads listed at the bottom of this page yet?

 

[sunburned]

U-joint info:
http://www.therangerstation.com/Magazine/summer2008/ujoints.htm

Modify for full clips:
http://www.therangerstation.com/Magazine/May06/dana35_ujoint_snapring.htm


Looks like they are 1 3/16" external circlips, McMaster part number 97633A330. They ship really fast.

Shit, I should just sell the joints and circlips that I have chillin in my Jeep, but I keep them around in case other people need them on the trail since I have RCVs.


Oh, and read this: http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/jeep...an-anyone-measure-spicer-760x-u-joint-me.html

And then go buy some of these: http://dirt-fab.3dcartstores.com/Dana-Spicer-5-760x-Axle-U-Joint_p_460.html

 

[CAJJ93XJ]

Check the threads listed at the bottom of this page yet?

Wiah. That's a cool feature. I didn't even know it did that

Thanks guys that's all I needed

 

[CAJJ93XJ]

alright I did the upgrade. but I wasn't careful enough and I ground off some of the flat part by mistake. how bad is this?

did it to all 4 sides :doh:

 

[whitexj98]

I very poorly did mine with a cut off wheel... i wouldn't worry about it... but I also carried spares....

 

[CAJJ93XJ]

Whew. The write up said to avoid this at all cost
Did you have to grind the sides of the yoke? I didn't even check for binding issues

 

[souske]

alright I did the upgrade. but I wasn't careful enough and I ground off some of the flat part by mistake. how bad is this?

did it to all 4 sides :doh:

I would take a flap wheel, and smooth out the sharp corner frome where you cut
Sharp corner = stress riser

 

[CAJJ93XJ]

I would take a flap wheel, and smooth out the sharp corner frome where you cut
Sharp corner = stress riser

damn. too late for that on one of them. it's all put back together
the other one I did not grind enough, so the snap ring did not fit. I have to figure out how to remove the snap ring on the opposite side and try again

you are talking about smoothing out around the eye correct?

anything else to look out for? binding issues? I did not grind the sides of the yoke and forgot to check

driver side complete

 

[souske]

Looks fine. smoothing the edge isnt an OMG its gonna asplode thing, just something to try next time

 

[CAJJ93XJ]

good deal. thanks for the help guys. I'm going to try to clean up that mess of a passenger side axle shaft I made, install these bad boys then go wheel with confidence this weekend

 

[whitexj98]

IMO this is one of the best upgrades for stock shafts. The ears on my stock shafts were so fatigued I could take the caps out by hand, the full clips were all that were keeping them in and keping the shaft from self destructing.