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Let me start out by saying I DO NOT have an M1009 (though I want one!), instead I have a 1991 (last year of the full sizes) GMC Jimmy (badge engineered Chevy K5)...
My rear end was destroyed when my school's facilities department thought it would be a good idea to plow me in over spring break when I was away on a sports trip - so I found a NOS M1009 rear axle assembly (gov-bomb, 3.08 gears, 6 lug, etc.)...
I just installed the NOS axle assembly - put new shocks in, red-did the rear brake lines, etc. - but when it came time to put the rear drive shaft in, I had an issue...
It seems that the u-joint bearing size on my civilian driveshaft (at the axle) is different from the M1009 axle yoke - (1.188 in at driveshaft, 1.137 in at axle yoke)...
From what I've read here, it seems that the axle/rear drive shaft assembly is universal between civilian k5s and M1009s - can anyone explain why in this instance it's different - has anyone had similar experiences when swapping between military and civilian parts? Is there a work around (if it's conversion u-joints, I can't find them) ? Does anyone have part numbers for u-joints (if you've found them)?
Thanks in advance for your help in solving this issue!
-Mike
Let me start out by saying I DO NOT have an M1009 (though I want one!), instead I have a 1991 (last year of the full sizes) GMC Jimmy (badge engineered Chevy K5)...
My rear end was destroyed when my school's facilities department thought it would be a good idea to plow me in over spring break when I was away on a sports trip - so I found a NOS M1009 rear axle assembly (gov-bomb, 3.08 gears, 6 lug, etc.)...
I just installed the NOS axle assembly - put new shocks in, red-did the rear brake lines, etc. - but when it came time to put the rear drive shaft in, I had an issue...
It seems that the u-joint bearing size on my civilian driveshaft (at the axle) is different from the M1009 axle yoke - (1.188 in at driveshaft, 1.137 in at axle yoke)...
From what I've read here, it seems that the axle/rear drive shaft assembly is universal between civilian k5s and M1009s - can anyone explain why in this instance it's different - has anyone had similar experiences when swapping between military and civilian parts? Is there a work around (if it's conversion u-joints, I can't find them) ? Does anyone have part numbers for u-joints (if you've found them)?
Thanks in advance for your help in solving this issue!
-Mike