Has anyone swaped out a 241dhd for a 271? as I understand it you dont need to replace the front drive shaft. And with a slip yoke eliminator the 271 can be shortend up quite a bit. The price for a rebuilt 241dhd is the same as a rebuilt 271 with a SYE. So all I'd have to do is have my rear drive shaft modified for a slip joint and a flanged yoke. What do you all think? Am I overlooking something? this seems to simple/easy a fix.
thanks
chris

 

where is your speedo pickup? mine is in the t-case. the newer trucks have it in the pumpkin, you may loose your speedo.

 

Do a search, Getblown5.9 did it with a 6 speed, not sure if it would work the same with the NV4500. It has been a month or so since he posted about it, I "think" it was in the 2nd gen. performance section.

 

my speedo is off the rear. thank goodness.

I'll search for getblown. I know the outputs on the 4500/5600 are teh same and the 241dhd bolts up the same to both so it should physically fit. I know because I did a 5600swap a few dozen times on my truck befor I put the 4500 back in.

Thanks for the input.

 

Captain, here ya go:

https://www.dieseltruckresource.com/...d.php?t=161171

 

captain its not hard to not hard to do pretty much bolts right up just make sure that when you do your rear drive shaft you need to get a different size yoke cause the output shaft of the 271 is larger.

 

I was thinking of going with a slip yoke eliminator on the 271. I have to have a slip joint put into the drive shaft though. You think the slip joint in the drive shaft is any stronger/weaker a setup then a slip yoke on the transfer's output shaft? Also is the 271 alot stronger then a 241dhd? enough to be worth the cost.

 

I dont remeber the numbers but the 271 is a lot stronger than the 241DHD. There have been quit a few pullers that have switched to the 271. It can be done. It's what I'll be putting in my 97.