front drive shaft popping out?? anyone??
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front drive shaft popping out?? anyone??
Anyone run into a front drive shaft coming out from the spine part when wheeling with solids axles? Thinking of buying a custom made with longer front end about total 10 inches but don’t have the funds. So thought I check with you folks. It’s a SAS on a 86 runner. will be custom making the front shaft..
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At full droop about an inch of the splines are showing on my 81 with a 3 inch lift. It will need to be lengthened if I go any higher and it already should be done
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Anyone run into a front drive shaft coming out from the spine part when wheeling with solids axles? Thinking of buying a custom made with longer front end about total 10 inches but don’t have the funds. So thought I check with you folks. It’s a SAS on a 86 runner. will be custom making the front shaft..
1. You can install limit straps that will limit your suspension from dropping enough to allow the driveshaft to slip out.
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2. Get a custom long slip spline on your driveshaft
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How is the compressed length of the shaft and what sort of front suspension setup (lift and type of springs) do you have? If you have some additional compressed length in the shaft, you could add a spacer to help keep the shaft from separating:
- http://www.4crawler.com/4x4/ForSale/...ftSpacer.shtml
But if you don't have enough compressed length to work with, then a longer slip yoke or square shaft is the only option:
- http://simbur.com/toyota4runner/drive_shafts.htm
- http://www.4crawler.com/4x4/ForSale/...ftSpacer.shtml
But if you don't have enough compressed length to work with, then a longer slip yoke or square shaft is the only option:
- http://simbur.com/toyota4runner/drive_shafts.htm
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or your could make a square one...like I and many others have done. Cost me about $40 bucks plus an extra driveshaft I had laying around.
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Sounds pretty much like I do need a custom shaft.. that sucks, cuz yesterday I just bought a stock rear end drive shaft for 70.00 to do the mod. Anyone know where I can just buy the spline shaft that goes into the big shaft? Im hoping I can just find a long spline shaft about 4 inches longer = to 7 – 7.5 inches and just plug the bad boy in.. Not sure if that would work but any ideas would really help…
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or you could use that rear shaft and just cut it down and make it a little longer than a stock front shaft. That would work too. or Trail-gear.com makes a long spline kit. http://www.trail-gear.com/drive-shaft-kit
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or you could use that rear shaft and just cut it down and make it a little longer than a stock front shaft. That would work too. or Trail-gear.com makes a long spline kit. http://www.trail-gear.com/drive-shaft-kit
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I think that if you make it a few inches longer than a stock one that you would be fine. A friend of mine has a stock shaft with chevy springs in the front. Its not as tall as your TG 5 inch springs but he hasnt slipped out yet. I would think that if you just had it a little longer that it will be just fine. And if it does slip out its not that hard to put it back in to get you home to make a square one. Just make sure you carry two 14mm wrenches with you! And dont worry about not knowing the correct terminology, Thats what we are here for. I have noticed that the people here on yotatech are not as ruthless as some people on other forums. Just be patient and most are glad to help.
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Yes it does make some noise. But there are ways to stop that. This thread shows a couple ways to do it... https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f31/...-joint-230694/ I havent done it yet but I am probably going to do the welding option to mine.
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square tubing will cost me about 120 bucks here in fresno ca. any places i can order pre-cut pieces on line for cheapers. the place i went to only sells in 10 feet for the trailer tube 2.5x2.5 1/4...
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why not just buy the tg spline and put it on the shaft you have now. thats what alot of people do and what it is made for. i made mine out of an old rear shaft and used the tg spline, however i ditched the cv cause the angle was huge and used single joint at each end. if you click on my avatar look at my photo album to see the d shaft
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If you are up for a little road trip, might try Blue Collar Supply in Sacto. They have 12"-48" pre-cut pieces of the 2.5" sq. Or try a local trailer place, they usually have that type of material available. I have a little bit on hand, that I could cut and ship if interested.
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You do not say what height lift you have. I run a 3-4" lift and have 2 degree shims installed. If you run a 5-6" lift installed use 4 degree shims. I have never had my front drive shaft come out even when racing.
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