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I was going through some trails and snapped at my u joint, i need some help to figure out whats missing, its a 95 2wd cherokee, so i need to piece it back together, i have no clue what was supposed to go between the two, i keep getting wrong info and need an acurate bit of help
As Duma mentioned above, you're missing the "straps" that hold the u-joint to the yoke. Click on the link he provided. You can see the remainder of the bolts still in the yoke. The yoke may be damaged, and you'll need to drill out the sheared off bolts. I'd just get a junkyard yoke if it was my vehicle, though a new one from Crown or the like may be cheap enough.
The driveshaft length is adjustable, by nature. You can slide the end of the driveshaft toward the yoke.
Oh yeah, stock on 2WD must have a slip yoke like the 4WD. Then the yoke must slide in and out. Only other thing that might be missing is the front section of a double-cardan driveshaft. Not sure how likely that is.
Someone with more knowledge than I will likely chime in.
Yes, the drive shaft is solid. It uses a slip yoke. It's job is to allow the driveshaft to move up and down as the suspension oscillates. If I were you, I'd get a new yoke, straps, and ujoint. The only way they break like that is from loose fitment. If the ujoint doesn't sit flush or the straps aren't tight enough, this happens.
Its weird, i havent seen a non adjustable drive shaft or yoke yet, but this ones got it, i figured it was a piece of a double cardan missing too, but have no clue.
Its weird, i havent seen a non adjustable drive shaft or yoke yet, but this ones got it, i figured it was a piece of a double cardan missing too, but have no clue.
Most RWD vehicles I can think of have a single cardan driveshaft that has a slip yoke in the transfer case, your situation is not unusual. At this point, I would replace the whole yoke with the kit mentioned before, unless you've got some really good drill bits and a very steady arm (the yoke material is softer than the bolts, so good luck drilling 4 of them straight).
how do you adjust the drive shaft? Itwont budge and is still a few inches off?
You should take a picture and show us. What won't budge, the slip yoke? You may have tweaked something if the driveshaft was whipping around underneath there.
the slip yoke wont pull out, so that i can replace the whole thing, ive tried prying it out. Hitting it with a rubber mallot, i cant seem to get it at all.
12-07-2016, 07:19 AM
Snapped driveshaft u joint
