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NP208 SYA kit

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ultraboro

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So were can you find a SYA kit for an NP208 and has anyone here installed one? How difficult was it?
 
Ah, yeah i meant SYE lol.

Anyhow i have read about having to drill out the shaft and its hardened steel and stuff like that... is that the case or is it basically unbolting the slip yoke and bolting up the SYE?
 
They machine down the housing to make it shorter, give you a new shorter shaft with the end of it drilled and tapped.


Here's a pic
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you can also use the back half of a dodge np208. i forget what little mods you have to do, but it can be done and much cheaper than the kit posted above. I had collected the parts to do the conversion, but never got around to it and sold the parts.
 
No, it's just upside down. Dodge has the speedo cable coming from the DS. Look at the drain plug.
 
Hi here,

Sorry to bring up old stuff...but I am looking for photos of this kit.

I am in he Netherlands, so I can't return parts or shipping will kill me.

So I am thinking about cutting my tailhouse myself and fitting the seal in there.

The original housing has a bushing at the end of it. Does the short housing also have that? Or just the seal?

I'd love to get as much detailed photos on it as possible.

Hope somebody can help me.
 
To be honest, I was having trans work done and I gave the kit to the shop, so I didn't install it. It should still have the bushing/bearing plus the seal.

Are you set up to cut down the shaft and tap the end?
 
There is another kit from driveshaftsuperstore.com that requires no cutting of the shaft.
 
GWeakland620 said:
There is another kit from driveshaftsuperstore.com that requires no cutting of the shaft.
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The TW kit doesn't require that either, but the OP wants to make the kit himself to save on shipping to and core shipping from his house. If you do it yourself, be warned it's hard steel. Also, eBay sells the flange if you need one.
 
Thanks K85 Octane.

Besides the shipping costs I wanna save. I also have a driveshaft with slip yoke that is perfectly fine. So I don't want a slip yoke in my transfercase. The NP208 is widely available over here and I need a mechanical speedo.

Does anybody have a photo of the inside of the cone from Tom Woods? I am wondering if it still has the bushing behind the seal. Or just the bearing and seal?
 
I haven't seen that kit, but with the yoke bolted in place, the bushing shouldn't be required. It's there to allow that slip yoke to move in/out without wandering around.

The setup from driveshaft superstore does get you to a fixed yoke, but it doesn't offer the reduced length of a regular SYE. In a long-wheelbase vehicle it wouldn't make much difference, but the extra driveshaft length is nice in a K5 or SWB truck.
 
thanks Blue85, I thought something like that. Just corious for the photos of it, if somebody that installed it ever made them
 
Ive always wondered if it is really necessary do to the wheelbase thing. Is it more for crawling/binding that the less angle and longer shaft help?

Just curious as I pull a decent amount of travel in the rear and have never had any issues using the stock 208 and a CV.
 
so you use a slipyoke in the NP208 connected to a CV joint on the rear driveshaft?

photo?
 
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