so after my last wheeling trip i decided well more like had to
rebuild the frontdriveshaft on the rubi
as i understand it from other post i have read
the part #'s for the front d/s in a rubi are different that
say a sport or sahara
tho i did not verify this
so here are the #'s for neapco u-joints
since NOONE down here carries spicer joints
diff end . one needed . 2-1569
c v section . 2 needed . 2-4800
centering kit . 1 needed . 7-0079
found some new #'s
these are on the left
precison .... on the right ....spicer
same order as above
355 .......... 5-212x
354 .......... 5-1203x
608 ........... 5-212x
the front axle stub shaft is
371 .......... 5-1203x
as i stated these #'s will not work for a standard tj
if u need those #'s check out stu olsen's site for them
he has a great write up aswell
the disassembly was pretty straight foward
u will have to heat up the diff end with a set of torches
tho any heat source would work propane or butane just may take longer
this is done b/c the factory uses blown molded injection plastic to hold the u-joint in place
it needs to be melted in order to remove the u- joint
easiest way to do this is with a driveshaft c-clamp
tho i guess u can do it with a hammer and socket
press out old ones
clean the bores out with emory cloth
press in the new ones
once assembled dont forget to grease
itll be easier when not installed
edited with new part #'s
here is a link to stu write up
http://www.stu-offroad.com/axle/driveshaft/driveshaft-5.htm
hth someone in the future