Tell me about it, I am trying to convince my wife I would be better off
medically if I was sitting at the side of the lake up north of you on
the trail we run where I can jump in to keep cool. Don't need to be
back until next Wednesday....

And yes, that was the yoke I was thinking about.

Mike

Peter Pontbriand wrote:
>
> Which yoke are you referring to?
>
> The axle had a normal u-joint style pinion yoke on it when it was under my
> TJ. The Grand Cherokee has a wacky front drive shaft with a weird CV joint
> at the front that need a different pinion yoke. When I slung the axle under
> the GC, the TJ pinion yoke was removed (actually that was done well before I
> started this particular axle swap) and I replaced it with the weird Grand
> Cherokee yoke. The pinion shaft diameter and spline count is identical on
> both axles, as is the seal. The depth of the splined part of both yokes
> appears to be the same too. I have no idea if there are actually any
> differenced inside of the seal.
>
> I made an appointment with the Jeep dealer in the city who seemed to think
> resetting the pinion bearing preload because of a yoke change was no big
> deal. I just hope my test driving, and the drive to the dealer on Thursday,
> won't have ruined anything expensive to replace. I'll drive there at a speed
> wheere there's no noticeable noise, approximately 70 km/h seems to be good
> for that.
>
> Regardless, I'm not willingly going back into the superheated garage for a
> while. Heck, I'm sitting in the basement as I type this and sweat is still
> dripping on my glasses. Why does global warming only affect summertime
> temperatures up here in Canada anyway?
>
> /Peter
>
> "Mike Romain" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Will that yoke physically fit then?
> >
> > Mike
> >
> > Peter Pontbriand wrote:
> > >
> > > The bearings are not worn out. My TJ was the donor of the axle, and it
> was
> > > just fine when I removed it.
> > >
> > > /Peter
> > >
> > > "L.W. (ßill) Hughes III" > wrote in message
> > > ...
> > > > Hi Mike,
> > > > I'm guessing the other way, the bearings are loose.
> > > > God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> > > > http://www.billhughes.com/
> > > >
> > > > Mike Romain wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Howling when that tight kinda implies worn out bearings eh?
> > > > >
> > > > > Mike