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 Post subject: Re: DANA 30 U-Joint Axle Shaft Overhaul w/ Upgrade
PostPosted: March 1st, 2010, 8:35 am 
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Ok so the Ujoints I useda are the NAPA precision ujoints. They had two that fit my XJ/TJ shafts. They had greaseable and nongreaseable. I got the greaseable ones. They have a grease fitting on the cap like CTMs do. We’ll see how well they hold up to the Aussie. I read on another forum that NAPA Precision is made by Spicer.


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 Post subject: Re: DANA 30 U-Joint Axle Shaft Overhaul w/ Upgrade
PostPosted: March 1st, 2010, 3:14 pm 
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Ok they are not made by spicer but I hear good things about them anyway. Thanks again for the writeup. It was invaluable in my HP30 build up.


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PostPosted: March 1st, 2010, 9:58 pm 
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OU812 wrote:
Thanks Matt. Napa had them. They had exactly nine of them so I bought them all. I got my yokes clearanced and the u-joints in with the full circle snap rings. I am excited as hell. This week my jeep has the dico 2-piece shaft with spicer 297 u-joints. Next week I will have an Aussie locker and TJ shafts with beefy u-joints and full circle clips. I need to do a little research on the u-joints I picked. They are not the brute force. But Napa Autozone and Kragen all carry them. I need to grab the box because I don't rmember the name. But they are for damn sure better than the 297s I have now. Those things look tiny now.
Very cool, I did a post edit on this article to include Napa auto parts as a source for the clips. Did you have a machine shop do the work on the yokes??? Feel free to post any cool pics of mods in progress as long as it is in the right forum.

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 Post subject: Re: DANA 30 U-Joint Axle Shaft Overhaul w/ Upgrade
PostPosted: March 2nd, 2010, 10:21 am 
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I didn't take pictures of the yokes after I ground them down. I figured out that the best tool for the job was a Dremel with a cut off wheel. It was very easy to keep the blade flat and I did not need to take off as much material this way. I cut in about 1/8 of an inch. And because the cutting well was the same size as the snap ring it was easy.


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PostPosted: March 2nd, 2010, 7:25 pm 
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OU812 wrote:
I didn't take pictures of the yokes after I ground them down. I figured out that the best tool for the job was a Dremel with a cut off wheel. It was very easy to keep the blade flat and I did not need to take off as much material this way. I cut in about 1/8 of an inch. And because the cutting well was the same size as the snap ring it was easy.
Nice,... I like it,.. I need to get the Napa part number to include in the Tech article. It is details like that that make a big difference. Either way I look forward to seeing it at the end of this month at the MJR event at Calico.
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PostPosted: March 4th, 2010, 8:46 am 
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My napa receipt show the snap ring to be part number 1345. :twocents:


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