42RLE output shaft lengths

EDIT: Figured out

I finally got around to replacing my 42rle. It would seem mud was the culprit to my intermittent slipping issues. Anyway, I got everything back together to realize that the output shaft on this 42rle I got from an 03 TJ is a different length that the one that was on my 06 LJ. Everything I had read said they were the same. Does anyone have any info on this? Is there a t case I can buy that’ll bolt up to this short shaft? Can I just swap the rear output shafts without removing the tranny again?

jjvw said:

Care to share what you figured out?

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Well, as it turns out i’m just a bit slow. The output shaft is removable on the 42rle and I just had to pull the old one off and put it on the new one. The retaining clip breaks every time so you’ll need one on hand if you ever need to remove it.