Stock front driveshaft in rear with 2 inch lift

ljones · Oct 29, 2015

I just ordered the hack and tap sye kit from Iron rock off road that's made to use with a stock front driveshaft. My jeep is a 2000 Cherokee with the 4.0 aw4 np242 and 8.25 rear. Will a front driveshaft work fine with a 2 inch lift and this setup?

md21722 · Oct 29, 2015

Yes. As with any lift make sure you shim the rear axle so the driveline angles are where they need to be.

clean4drxj · Oct 29, 2015

Not sure it will work with a 2" lift as I have a 3.5 and it would of been tight with it being that hi on my xj.

ljones · Oct 29, 2015

clean4drxj said:
Not sure it will work with a 2" lift as I have a 3.5 and it would of been tight with it being that hi on my xj.

Are you saying it will be too long?

mtbxj87 · Oct 29, 2015

I am at about 2.5" lift with 231 and 8.25 rear. I have a sye (not hack and tap) and a front driveshaft is perfect length. fwiw..

ehall · Oct 29, 2015

I have 4.5" (+) lift with a hack and tap on my 242 with an 8.25 rear. A front driveshaft from an AW4 works alright but its a little stretched, and will vibe if the slip joint is sloppy. For your 2" lift you should be fine, just make sure the driveshaft you buy isn't sloppy.

ljones · Oct 29, 2015

ehall said:
I have 4.5" (+) lift with a hack and tap on my 242 with an 8.25 rear. A front driveshaft from an AW4 works alright but its a little stretched, and will vibe if the slip joint is sloppy. For your 2" lift you should be fine, just make sure the driveshaft you buy isn't sloppy.

How much play should it have?

ehall · Oct 29, 2015

Just to be clear, length should be no issue

As for slop, its hard to tell on the bench, you can put the long half in a vice and try to wiggle the short half, if there's any rattling in the joint its bad. After its mounted, grab the slip joint with your hand and see if you can wiggle the joint itself, any movement in the shaft and its bad.

ps--here's a pic of mine, you can see its stretched out pretty far, yours should be somewhat less so

ljones · Oct 30, 2015

Thanks for the help! I can grab my front driveshaft and it has some play, so I guess I need a new one of those too.

ehall · Oct 30, 2015

ayup, wiggling is bad

XJ_Rudolph · Nov 2, 2015

EDIT: the information below peobably does not relate to your posting :/ sorry about that

Ughhh the SYE from IRO sucks butt to align properly. When I installed mine it wouldnt shift into 2wd, had to take off the back sye cover and re align the shift rod with the hole in the back, and right now it has about .5mm of clearance...crapy machining and design. Other than that it has run flawlessly!! And i wheel every weekend in the summer for the entire weekend. I am on a 5.5in lift running a stock front driveshaft in the rear.

ehall · Nov 2, 2015

ehall said:
ps--here's a pic of mine, you can see its stretched out pretty far, yours should be somewhat less so

Actually I think that is my D35. I switched to an 8.25 later and the driveshaft compressed by about 1". But you can see it was stretched out pretty far, you should be fine with it.

ljones · Nov 3, 2015

After discovering the double cardon on my front shaft is bad too I just decided to order two new custom Adams driveshafts.

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