Has anyone done this without swapping the whole axle? Basically I don't like having the disconnect axle setup in the front of my YJ and wanted to swap to a one peice setup. I've thought about getting shafts from a XJ (297's) to get rid of the disconnect.

I've thought about going to a XJ 30 in the front, but then I'd have to grind off all those brackets and weld on new ones. Then to regear, ect., ect., I have to be able to do this a cheap way.

Only thing is I'm not sure where I could put an axle seal on the right side. I just had to replace the axle seal on that side (PITA), and was wondering if a matching seal to the left would fit in the diff, instead of the tube.

Wheeling on a budget.....if anyone has any suggestions??

Yes, search...and get a waggy shaft :flipoff2:

Newbie forum question but here:

link 1 (http://www.stu-offroad.com/otherwriteups/YJD30convert/yjconvert-1.htm)

link 2 (http://www.madxj.com/MADXJ/technical/technicalfiles/ARD30shafts297andSeals/D30shafts297andSeals.htm)


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Great links on the write-ups!

I'll bet you'll never guess how I found those....

...give up....

the search button (http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/search.php?s=) :flipoff2:

Yep, I tried finding them, but it was hard to type with two fingers up :flipoff2:


Thansk for teh links though :)