driveshart trouble

[maineiac]

last weekend i went out wheeling and all 4 bolts broke of in the yoke .i replaced the yoke and it did it again ,did it a third time and it was ok till today when i went off road again and all 4 bolts snaped again! any ideas what would cause this? im tired of replaceing yokes.it never did this before and it was beat alot harder:mad:

[XJRubicon]

throw your old yokes out. they are junk and they have no buisness on an offroad machine :)

You need to get the strap type yokes, they are the ticket to solve your problem.
They use a ubolt with half inch nuts to hold the ujoint cap instead of a crap ass cap with two dinky bolts.

Hope this helps

[maineiac]

who sells them ?

[XJRubicon]

go on ebay $10
they are the same as on a dana 44
they sell them on e-bay all the time

or if you want them new, clutch and ujoint has them aswell.

[maineiac]

so the d44 yoke fits on the d35 no trouble

[CrazyJeepMan]

my problem is at the transfer case cv joint, it's binding at full drop of the axle. i have a high pinion d30 and the angle from there is fine. and i already have the ubolt.

[RCP Phx]

Originally posted by maineiac
last weekend i went out wheeling and all 4 bolts broke of in the yoke .i replaced the yoke and it did it again ,did it a third time and it was ok till today when i went off road again and all 4 bolts snaped again! any ideas what would cause this? im tired of replaceing yokes.it never did this before and it was beat alot harder:mad:


I would be looking for a root cause! How much lift?Do you have a SYE?What tires and gears?

[Eagle]

I agree with RCP Phx -- sure, a u-bolt type yoke is stronger than a strap type, but the strap type should certainly last longer than a week or three.

Which yoke busted -- the pinion yoke or the slip yoke? How much lift? How much droop in your suspension? What are the u-joint operating angles?

It sounds like you probably have a setup that allows the driveshaft to deflect beyond the range of the u-joint/yoke, and the result is that it binds up, causing it to self-destruct.

[REDXJ4FUN]

Another cause maybe that your yoke is worn and alowing the joint to move and shockloading the straps and bolts. trust me I learned the hard way about those things.

[maineiac]

i found the problem:) i used a 1 in lift block in the back for more lift and its broken in the front so the rear is droping foward when i get on it :anon:

[ECKSJAY]

Originally posted by maineiac
i found the problem:) i used a 1 in lift block in the back for more lift and its broken in the front so the rear is droping foward when i get on it :anon:

Yeah, that'd do it. ;)