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Couple quick questions. First, is the u joint on the axle end of the front driveshaft a 1350 series on a second gen? Second, what is the length of a 5 speed front driveshaft from a second gen?

I'm trying to figure out if a front driveshaft will work in my Cherokee.

I would go out and look at my truck, but it is in the body shop at the moment. Thanks.

Mark
 
So I'll answer my own questions... .



Went to the junkyard yesterday to find a new rear driveshaft for my Cherokee. I just finished upgrading my np231 with most of the parts out of a 231hd and 241d including a 32 sline rear output with a spicer CV flange output (round with 4 bolts). This flange is the same as the front output on our truchs 241dhd. I figured a ram front driveshaft might bolt up and be an easy fix instead of buying a custome driveshaft. I found a couple front driveshafts from cummins 5 speed trucks. The cv (double cardan ((sp)) joints appear to be 1350, but the axle end is a 1330. My cherokee has a corp 14 bolt rear with a 1350 yoke on it, so the 1330 joint on the dodge shaft would not work.



Not to worrk, sitting next to the dodge shaft on the rack was a shaft from a 2002 Ford Excursion. The CV flange was not correct, however it had a 1350 on the axle end. Long story short, I purchased both, and cut the slip yoke and axle end yoke from the ford shaft onto the dodge shaft.



I have not had the shaft balanced, but there are n't any bad vibrations driving around up to about 50 mph. Not sure about faster, that is as fast as I went on my test drive at 11:00 last night. My Cherokee is mostly a trail rig, so I'm not too worried about cruising at 80 mph vibe free.



The only drawback I see to using the Dodge cv components are they bind up at about 23 degrees. This should not ba a problem for me, but may in rigs with greater driveshaft angles. For comparison, highangledrivelin.com offers a 1350 cv shaft that does something like 30 degrees.
 
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