Border Dave
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- Bellingham, WA
Check out this article from the August issue of Petersen's 4Wheel and Offroad Magazine:
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Heavy Duty NP242 SYE Coming Soon!
- Thread starter Border Dave
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- Location
- Hammertown, USA
Didn't that happen like 8 years ago?
- Location
- San Diego
iirc the old tom woods SYEs were just a hack-n-tap they did for you with some extra machining to the stock mainshaft to make it shorter than a homebrew hack-n-tap.
this appears to be a new stronger mainshaft.
this appears to be a new stronger mainshaft.
- Location
- San Diego
^ this. The original one from Tom woods wa a reworked stock shaft and he charged an arm and a leg for a core charge. This looks to be a much better option. But for 99% of us, a hack n tap is just fine
Border Dave
NAXJA Forum User
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- Bellingham, WA
It would be nice if this one was shorter than the hack n tap. I have a short wheelbase TJ and a long transmission swapped in (AW4).
Hack n taps are not ideal....I never recommend them. Seen many have issues. Do anything in your power to not have to go to them.
I have seen folks get rid of the 242 to get the 231 just to not have to run the hack n tap as well.
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- San Diego
While I do agree they're not ideal in the sense that there are far better/ stronger options for the 231, for a 242 there has been no other choice until now. But I would not let the lack of a heavy duty SYE play a factor in swapping your transfer case. Just my opinion. I am perfectly happy with my hack n tap on my 242. It's lasted through a busted cv joint, ujoint, and bent driveshaft all at once without one issue.
