Bad Front Drive Shaft....looking for some info

Hello everyone,
I wanted to ask a quick question regarding my front drive shaft. I have play at the slip joint and I believe it is making some noise while in 4wd and even at low speeds.

I have an 01 XJ with 6.5" lift and LP D30, auto trans, and NP242. I would like to raid the JY for a temp replacement while I send my current one off for a rebuild. What years or models (lots of ZJs and WJs at the JY) can i pull from to use as a temp replacement until I rebuild my current one?

I remember seeing a list of different length front DS from different model Jeeps, but can't seem to find it on the interwebs anymore. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

ZJ shaft should be fine. Probably best to measure what your "center" of yoke to yoke is and get something close. ZJ front shafts are longer than most XJ shafts.

From the FAQ page http://www.naxja.org/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=165

Front Drive Shaft Lengths

Model/Year/Engine/Trans/Collapsed Length/Part #

XJ 87/88 2.5 Automatic 27.950 53003912
XJ 89/93 2.5 Automatic 27.970 53005540
XJ 89/01 2.5 Manual 25.310 53005541
XJ 89/01 4.0 Automatic 30.660 53005542
XJ 89/01 4.0 Manual 29.250 53005543

ZJ 1993 4.0 Automatic 30.530 52098341
ZJ 93/95 5.2 Automatic 32.870 w/o CV 53008427
ZJ 94/95 5.2 A500 30.625 w/o CV 52087805
ZJ 94/95 4.0 A500 w/o CV 52098790
ZJ 93/96 4.0 Manual 52098344
ZJ 93/96 4.0, 5.2 31.875 w/ 231, 242 52087805
ZJ 93/95 4.0 Manual 30.000 w/231 52088090
ZJ 93/96 5.2 33.000 w/ 231 53008427
ZJ 96/98 5.2, 5.9 31.250 w/ 249 & Model 30 52098379
ZJ 1996 5.2 Automatic 32.875 w/ 249 & Model 30 52098501
ZJ 96/98 4.0 33.000 w/ 242 52098707
ZJ 96/97 4.0 Automatic 31.250 52098850
ZJ 1996 5.2 Automatic 30.750 w/ 249 & Model 30 52099246
ZJ 96/98 4.0 33.500 w/ 249 52099260

Tim_MN. You da man! Thats what I was looking for but couldn't remember where! Awesome.

First thing is crawl under the jeep with a tap measure and get the distance between the center of the two yokes (u-joint cap to u-joint cap).

There are a couple of considerations with that table. You can only use the shafts that have u-joint ends, and ignore the shafts that have CV ends. Also it doesn't list WJs.

When you get the measurement, post it here

Thanks ehall. I will get a measurement tomorrow.

Sorry for the delay. My measurement from the U-joint cap to U-joint cap with the driveshaft removed is 32" on the nose. Any thoughts on which drive shaft I should be looking for?

XJ 4.0 w/ AW4 shaft should work with that, a little stretched but not too bad

So a stock driveshaft basically?

52098379 from 96-98 ZJ with V8 is ~31.25 (make sure its u-joints at both ends), and that would be a better fit, but a stock XJ shaft in good condition will work and is probably going to be easier to find