I wouldn't bother with the manual hubs, the price of the kit is high and there is no real benefit unless you have a spool or welded dif. that said, to remove the CAD, you can simply run TJ front D30 shafts. there will not be a intermidiate shaft and the U-joints will be the larger, slightly stronger joints. I ran TJ shafts in my D30 for years, the only mod is you need to change the inner passenger side seal, Napa carries the part but I forget the part number. I wheeled with a welded diff, I did drive my jeep on the street on occasions, and it was not an ideal situation. if you run a detroit, or a selectable or a lunch box locker that will dissengage, you will be fine.
To get the dash light to light up, if it really matters to you, take the two wires off the CAD diaphram and put a switch between them. I never bothered, I just cut the wires out, a dash light was not that important to me.
Has anyone on here switched there vacuum disco's over to manual hubs? I just installed the Reid knuckles on a Dana 30 and was wondering how I could bypass the old 4wd indicater switch on the old housing and wire it so my 4wd light still works. I know it is not a big thing but would be cool if it still worked.
Hello Jps4jeep,
