Dana 300 Front Driveshaft

NickMaul

NickMaul

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Hello NC4x4,

I am swapping in a dana 300 for my np231 behind my ax15. I am on 3.5 inches of lift in my XJ and still in short arms. I am aware the front driveshaft is going to get pretty short. I have both the non cv and cv output yoke from the 300 and np231. Which style should I use in this case?

At the moment my dana 30 is pointed right at my tcase and there are no front vibrations. Should I try to shorten a XJ shaft and run that with the 300 or get a CJ style driveshaft and lower my pinion angle?

BTW this will be driven as a second car/highway miles.

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So your flipping the 300? And you have a High Pinion 30 right? I think you will be fine with either. Your front ds shouldn't be turning while your driving on the road anyway unless you have gotten rid of the disconnect.
 
justjeepin86 said:
So your flipping the 300? And you have a High Pinion 30 right? I think you will be fine with either. Your front ds shouldn't be turning while your driving on the road anyway unless you have gotten rid of the disconnect.
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Non disconnect dana 30 so the shaft will be spinning at all times.

Was worried about using the xj driveshaft and binding the center ball unless there are aftermarket components that maximize a 1310 double cardan joint thingy.



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Either will be fine. If you already have the XJ double cardan shaft, I'd stick with that setup. It will most likely be smoother once its all dialed in. If you saw some of the angles on lifted TJ rear shafts, you'd have no concern on an XJ front ;)
 
Gotcha, I would rather have a cv on one that turns all the time. It will just shorten it around 4 or 5" right. The front shaft will still be pretty long I would think and should work out ok.
 
Are you doubling the 300? Which will give you some added length.
 
Don't want to use an offset joint if the front diff is spinning all the time. I've ran one, and it vibrates pretty bad at any speed other than 4lo
 
Why go D300 if you already have an NP231? Its a lot of work to properly swap/flip a D300 if you don't need the extra length in the rear driveline.
 
strange1 said:
Don't want to use an offset joint if the front diff is spinning all the time. I've ran one, and it vibrates pretty bad at any speed other than 4lo
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NickMaul said:
The same reason you have one listed in your signature.







Because it sounds cool ;)
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Mine is actually sitting on the workbench still, not yet in the jeep. See you don't have to actually install it to list it in your signature :p
 
Bringing this back up. Has anyone taken apart a 1310 CV and ground down some material to get more than 30* of angle on them?

My dana 300 ended up being clocked very high, which I like, but I mocked the driveshaft and the cv would only let the driveshaft drop only an inch or two below the dana 30 yoke at ride height :/


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You can, but the center kit will not last very long.
 
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