Slip Yoke Eliminator

He would have at least gotten higher than anyone else.

You too, huh? :-)

• * * Matt Macchiarolo
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I was Olympia powered during my strong back era:

Bill,

You know better then that. You've seen the Lower two Pics and other. A broad statement like that should at least have SOME shred of truth.....

Daren

On Sat, 01 Nov 2003 12:36:07 -0800, L.W.(ßill) Hughes III shared the following:

sweet. :-)

-- Travis

Hey, I thought according to you AMC didn't make "Real Jeeps"!

He just hides behind the *threatened* use of filters. We all know he still reads every word you utter here.

Bzzzzzt! Nope! The only posts I see that L.W. generates are the ones that are included in the responses. I wouldn't normally bother with his tripe, but I find the fact that it seems to be L.W. vs. everyone else. LOL!

Hi Gerald, The first couple years they kept everything Kaiser and Willys used, just adding four inches to the nose for the straight six. It still used a open channel riveted quarter ton truck designed frame. <

I thought all they did was move the front axle forward in '72 to accomodate the I6, was the frame actually lengthed at that point as well? I'd thought the frame was widened and lengthened only on the '76 & later models.

Thanks, Bob and Matt, for the useful information, and thanks to everyone else for a good old fashioned flaming on this thread, albeit off topic. I enjoyed reading through all of the replies.

I am a GM dealer mechanic, so the NP231 is definitely not a stranger to me. I have had dozens of them apart, and I don't have any qualms about working on mine. I have just never done a short shaft kit in one, and I was looking for some affirmation from the group that it will be a good mod. At ~$500, I would hate to be disappointed.

I absolutely plan to take the case out of the Jeep -- yeah, Bill, it's a Jeep. These things go back together so much easier when the output shaft is pointing to the sky instead of in your face. This method also prevents broken magnets, pump tangs, etc. Bob, I suggest you try it the other way, if you ever end up doing another one. It is only a few bolts that hold it onto the trans vs. the headache of trying to overcome gravity while reassembling. Also, it only weighs about 50 lbs, not as heavy as it looks. I find it awkward to try and get that thing on a jack, I usually just stab them over my head on the lift.

I suspect that AA and JB are pretty comparable units. Did ya have to get a driveshaft measurement to give them over the phone, or is it something that they already know based on the vehicle build? One website I visited talked about measuring from the rear case to the rear axle pinion.

Again, thanks to everyone for your help and input. I feel alot better about spending the dough now.

On a different topic, I bought a Dana 44 today. It has 6 lug axles. I will post a new thread on this, but what is the common thought on 6-lug vs.

Jerry

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Prove it.

I wouldn't normally bother with his tripe,