U-BOLT style yoke

anyone know where to get one for a 29spline 8.25"? can you just drill the threads out and throw ubolts in? im tired of the straps and i have to replace the yoke now.

POLAR_JEEP_04 said:

anyone know where to get one for a 29spline 8.25"? can you just drill the threads out and throw ubolts in? im tired of the straps and i have to replace the yoke now.

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You can drill the threads out, but you'll have to spotface on the backside of the yoke so the nuts and washers have a flat spot to bear against (if they're crooked, you're looking at premature failure of the U-bolt.) So, the yoke will have to be removed, and you'll have to know what size the nuts will be so you can spotface a large enough pad on the back (typical 1/4" nuts are 7/16", but you may be able to find reduced hex nuts, 12-point flange head nuts, or something like that. If you do, lay in a stock of them so you don't run out an an inopportune moment...)

good info has anyone done this? no one makes a new yoke that is already ubolt style?

Got mine from 4wd Hardware, 4wd.com.

That was for a 44, but I'm sure they'll have one for you, too...

Robert

How about some Titaium U-joint caps? These things rock and I put sets front and rear on mine.





If you want to purchase them, I have the info in a thread in the SoCal group.

http://www.naxja.org/forum/showpost.php?p=244204856&postcount=33

Sorry but that is way too much bling next to the rest of those parts. You need to do some cleaning.

Yeah, that was from my last trip which had way more mud then I wanted. I typically don't do mud trips and about 95% of the 110 miles of El Camino Del Diablo was dry but that 5% was thick, sticky mud. I have done two rounds, 1 hour each, power washing and it's still not 100% clean but it looks much better then those pics show.

straps and u-bolts don't sit on the same part of the u-joint cap. If you drill a strap yoke out and put a u-bolt on it, it will sit inboard just a hair on the cap, putting pressure on the bearings instead of the solid face of the cap, and cause premature failure.

I got a nice lecture on it from the local driveline shop while I was buying a u-joint and a new yoke..

You can find u-bolt 8.25 yokes from most aftermarket driveline shops - try Tom Wood or JE Reel.