The Frankenjeep

[bmorgil]

Had to see that to believe it! That stub shaft is hardened. That took some work. I think someone has come up with a combination of "stuff" and got it to work in your axle. At first I thought it was a hacked up front wheel drive shaft.

On the early CJ's the "CV" style shaft was retained by a nut and lock washer instead of a snap ring and it was shimmed for proper end play. Early in the CJ3A the design was changed to "float" in the hub and no shimming was required. It looks like someone took it upon themselves to turn the shaft you have into a "floater" so to speak! In any event if using the Spicer style joints and shafts you really don't even need the snap ring at the hub. The shaft floats against the bushing in the hub and the cross pin in the differential.

I would discard that stuff.