QU50897U Used NP205 Original Design Rear Output Shaft

QU50897U Used NP205 Original Design Rear Output Shaft with long oil slots for fixed yoke applications with plastic speedo gear. Available while supplies last.

Also See TK50084 New 2nd Design Rear Output Shaft

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Dan the Gear Man® Tech Notes:
1st Design
2nd Design
Design Change
Matching Parts
Applications

Tech Note 1: 1st Design
The original NP205 Rear Output Shaft has a tendency to shear under high loads due to the design of the oil feed slots. This weak point was not a big issue with the low power gas engines available when the NP205 was introduced in 1969, but it became a big issue towards the end of the the NP205's production life especially with the high-torque Cummins Diesel engine available in Dodge trucks from 1989 to 1993. Shaft breakage problems led to the TK50084 redesigned shaft with drilled oil feed holes.

Tech Note 2: 2nd Design
TK50084 is a direct replacement for any Chevy, Dodge, Ford, GMC, or IHC NP205 Transfer Case with a fixed rear output yoke and a PLASTIC speedometer drive gear. The shaft will physically fit early production NP205 transfer cases with steel speedometer drive gears, HOWEVER, the steel speedometer gear and steel spacer WILL NOT fit the TK50084 shaft! We do not have any concrete information about which plastic drive gears would work with early production driven gears.

Tech Note 3: Exploded Views
Exploded View XV4005 1980-1993 Dodge NP205 Transfer Case
Exploded View XV4006 1969-1974 Dodge NP205 Transfer Case
Exploded View XV4007 1969-1975 IHC NP205 Transfer Case

Tech Note 4: Matching Parts
TK10859 Low Gear
QU50185 Set of 16 Low Gear Needle Rollers
QU50359 Low Gear Bearing Spacer
QU10696AM Tanged Inner Low Gear Thrust Washer
QU10316 Shaft Anti-Rotation Pin
QU50275 Set of 15 Rear Output Shaft Needle Rollers
QU50350 Pilot Bearing Thrust Washer
QU50351 Pilot Bearing Lock Ring
TM2000 NP205 Shop Manual

Applications
New Process NP205 Transfer Cases:
with Fixed Rear Output Shafts and Plastic Speedometer Drive Gears

All NP205's except 1980-1991 GM with Slip Yoke Rear Output use a 32 Spline Rear Output. QU50897U will directly replace shafts that are splined for a plastic speedometer drive gear. The list below shows the approximate year ranges for NP205's that had plastic speedo gears:
Chevy and GMC: 1973-1991 (1973-1979 ALL, 1980-1991 with Fixed Rear Output)
Dodge: 1973-1993
Ford: 1973-1979
IHC: 1974-1975
QU50897U will fit the older transfer cases before the years listed above, but steel gear and spacer need to be replaced by plastic gear.