my new to me ride is a 98 jeep GC limited 5.9

front shaft is MIA and it has one of those cv yokes on axle end of shaft.

can you "just" remove the yoke from the pinion and swap it with a regular u-joint yoke or is there a crush sleeve to watch out for when torqing the nut back down?

I have a jeep front shaft from a 94 or so, looks like the cv replacement kit will bolt up to the yoke and the spline of shaft stick in the cv.

"just" not sure on how long the correct shaft/splin should be.

anyone have one I can get measurements from?

any "used" cv shaft out there?