Birty Dastards Jeep Club
Tech Forum => Workshop => Topic started by: ChrisS on September 30, 2014, 12:44:01 PM
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After the diff bush/front lower BJ job at the weekend, and the discovery that the front prop front UJ is a bit notchy, I've been werreting about what to do about it...and found something a bit odd. The parts manual I have says it should be 52853431AA which is a double CV type prop, but the one one there is P52105728AD which is a CV & UJ type prop. More oddly, this is listed as a part for the earlier version of the GC, not mine??
I tend to get a bit confused by the US market 'model year' thing, but the Jeep was built in late 2006 which I think makes it a 2007 model year??
Anyhoo...wondering if I can just fit the double CV type prop?? The drive flange on the front diff has 8 bolt holes, so that kind of suggests 'no' to me as the CV joints have 6. Changing the flange is easy enough - took it off to do the upper diff bush, but once you start into mix & match parts it all gets a bit iffy I find. Fix one problem and make another. Unless i can find somone who erpairs staked in UJs, then it looks like I'll be coughing up for a new prop before too long.
Anyone got any experience with this??
TFL
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I can take photos and measurements off mine with the double CV if you want to compare?
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That's good of you James, yes please, but no urgency. It's OK at the moment and it does few miles so should last a good deal of time before it starts to need doing. I'm just doing my usual pre-emptive werreting.
There seems to be a choice of 3 lengths of the prop, plus I'd need a diff flange to suit, but that way, it would be easy to service should it need it in future and I won't be forced to go and pay Jeep prices for an OEM one.
Cheers.