help w/ Yukon axles & thrust spacers

There was a thread here just recently that said you do have to remove the spacers I think otherwise the axles won't go all the way in. Search here in the trans. section and you should find it. just been in the past few weeks.

It isn't the width of the joint that makes it stronger but the diameter of it. The caps measure 1.078 on the small joint and 1.126 on the big joint. That's only 4-1/2 % larger. Some stronger but not alot is my guess. Get the best U-joints you can for the 7260 and it's probably just as good or better than having the 7290 with stock u-joints.