So a one piece drive shaft from a manual won't work with an auto because I have a fixed and they have a slip yoke.

My 89RS Trooper 5spd and 88 Trooper 4dr 2.6 5spd both have slip-joints. 90 Trooper v6 at is fixed.

<img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" /> Yeah, fixed at both ends and slip in the middle.

another 42.5" dimension. I'll try to get it done Saturday morning if they are open. I'll post my measurement for reference.

I really don't want to drive 45 minutes at 65 mph in FWD <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/notooth.gif" alt="" />. Might tear a boot <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/shiner.gif" alt="" />. I'll drive the school bus. Plenty of room to tote the shaft in there <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

Thanks Fellas - JL <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/cheers.gif" alt="" />

the isuzu tcase/tranny doesn't mind. I drove highway speeds for 5 hours on my front shaft to wheel at Tellico because my rear shaft produced too many vibes for highway travel.

Of course, I had a SAS at the time, so i can't say about CV boots, but unless they're already dead, they should easily last a single trip like that without incident.

-Rob

all you need to do is remove seperater the 2 shafts at the 2nd u-joint in the carrier bearing, take the front yoke...press it on the u-joint of the back 1/2 of the shaft.

then that is your new shaft.

that will need to be re-tubed to length

disguard the part with the carrier bearing in it.

FYI, you can press out the front u-joint and save it as a spare for the new shaft.

Well , I was curious , and had to do it anyway , so I went out and took off the driveshaft on my 89 with the 2.6.I was surprised , its a fixed yoke also , with a total length of 44" , so a little longer than the 2.8 driveshaft.Of course we are talking from end to end with the u-joints and bearing in there , not just the length of the shafts alone.So maybe I can just take in my 2.6 shaft , tell them the length I need and have them do it.Although I am not sure what length I need yet <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

barak are you auto?

Yup , the 89 2.6 and the 90 2.8 are both autos.

Saturday ain't lookin' good. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />

Ahh well, I'll get to it sometime. - JL <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/patriot.gif" alt="" />

OK if anyone out there has a 1st gen trooper with a manual tranny and a fixed yoke t-case, post up with more info about your truck.

My guess is that there's noone out there <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/notooth.gif" alt="" />