Long Travel Yoke?

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BLUTO

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Holly, MI NW of Detroit

• Jul 17, 2003

• #1

I was surfin' thru Rusty's catalogue and found a product called "long travel yoke". He states its for people who don't want to spend the $$$ on a SYE and sells for $59. OK...if it was such a great mod, I'd see it in everyones sig. But, what is it? And what year vehicles does it work on?
Just curious,
BLUTO

 

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vintagespeed

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Upland, CA

• Jul 17, 2003

• #2

It's a longer slip yoke for your rear driveshaft. I believe they are about .5 - .75" longer than the stock slipyoke. Might help get rid of vibes on small lifts but on taller lifts it wont help anything. You can also get the yoke off of a YJ, it's the same thing.

 

MaXJohnson

NAXJA Forum User

Location

The Kansas Rockies

• Jul 17, 2003

• #3

As mentioned many times before around here, this should be called a "High Clearance" yoke. Looking at the picture, you can see a significant increase in clearance.Increase in length amounts to about 5/16" by my measurements. YMMV

 

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vintagespeed

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Upland, CA

• Jul 17, 2003

• #4

Does the slip area itself have more travel than the stock XJ SY? Hard to tell in the pic.

 

Eagle

Lifetime NAXJA Member

NAXJA Member

Location

Terra Firma

• Jul 18, 2003

• #5

The slip area has about the same 5/16" additional as the overall length. The real advantage of this yoke is if your driveshaft angle is high enough that the stock yoke binds up when the axle is drooped, this has a more open throat that allows a lot more deflection before it binds up.

 

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BILLXJ

NAXJA Forum User

• Jul 18, 2003

• #6

..wondering if this would be an option also for a NP 228 transfer case that I currently have opened up and working on now.I am considering on increaseing the lift just a few more inches(..inchitis..? ) to 4-4.5* and am worried about some anticipated bad road vibes

 

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RCP Phx

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Phoenix,Az

• Jul 18, 2003

• #7

This yoke will not do "ANYTHING" for vibes,only "binding" and "length".

 

TOZOVR

NAXJA Member #713

Location

nh

• Jul 18, 2003

• #8

RCP Phx said:

This yoke will not do "ANYTHING" for vibes,only "binding" and "length".

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Correct.

 

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vintagespeed

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Upland, CA

• Jul 18, 2003

• #9

TOZOVR said:

Correct.

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So then a stock slip yoke that is pulled out off the output splines of the tcase wont vibrate? Sure it will, this yoke would put the slip back where it should be 'stock' and cure that type of vibe. Will it cure obnoxious driveline angles & ujoint misalignment? No that's what double cardans are for.

 

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RCP Phx

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Phoenix,Az

• Jul 18, 2003

• #10

Thats not vibes,thats binding of the splines."Driveshaft" vibes are oscillations caused by mis-alignments or phase imbalance,harmonics, or imbalance.What you said isnt incorrect,its just addressing the wrong "root" cause!