drew303

I'm not looking forward to going into winter with a square front driveshaft.

So I decided to poke around the net for some options for a CV style balanced front shaft. High angle D-Line says their front shafts start at 850?

That seems WAY overpriced. Someone fill me on on why these things cost your left nut?

thanks =)

waskillywabbit

iTrader: (-1)

I took in an 85 front d-shaft and rear d-shaft to my local guy. He added a rear CV, longer front slip spline and lengthened/balanced both. Parts and labor less than $500. Find someone local or do it yourself. $850 is ludicrous.

ScottyC

iTrader: (1)

HAD costs that much because the CVs are designed for massive angles. Wabfab is right though. Get a 84-85 CV shaft from a solid axled truck and a 8-10" long travel splined section and have it welded together at a driveline place. With only a 3" kit it should work okay unless you have the V6.

drew303

heh hard part is finding a 84 85 front driveline =/ i could probably try and find another ifs front (easier) and try clearancing the CV

4Crawler

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I had an IFS front shaft and had it rebuilt/clearanced/lengthened at a drive line shop for around $300 back about 8 years ago. The shop was Paradise Driveline in CA, it is owned by the father of Jesse of HAD fame. This is a spare shaft. I also had one built from scratch at a local drive line shop about 10 years ago for around $450 as I recall. New CV and u-joint and off-the-shelf long travel slip yoke.

ScottyC

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Marlin sells them used.

drew303

marlins long spline front Dshaft looks like a good piece. $400 is a lot more my speed haha

Eventually I want to run dual cases so I would need this extended down the road. Think a driveline shop would use the same tubing to extend it? Sounds like a dumb question but Marlin says their dlines are thicker. Would that be a problem down the road to extend?

peow130

i'm sure any competent driveline shop would have the same subing available to re-tube it.

fillsrunner4

Wow ive purchased like 3 shafts from them front and rear.. and niether was even close to 850 more like 350. who did you talk to?

UKMyers

Call Dave at www.davezoffroadperformance he'll beat all of the above quoted prices for a shaft built from scratch.

drew303

i didnt talk to anyone. I was just looking at their web site

heres the Toyota Driveline page,

http://www.highangledriveline.com/toy.html

"This is our new c/v for Toyota's with single cases and higher angles - Its not cheap- They start

around 850$ range- its a 49 degree custom c/v"

Their non-cv shafts according to the website are cheaper but i WANT a CV... ie need one. Theres really zero point to spending $300+ on a long spline non-cv front driveline. My square d-line was like $50 and only starts really becoming a nuisance above 20mph.. on road.

I want the same performance (ie balanced front shaft) as I had prior to the SAS. So I can drive in the winter when it snows and not have to get out and unlock hubs on the main streets.

I like to be able to cruise around 30-35 mph with the hubs locked in. =)

I'll check out davez offroad thnx =)

drew303

heh the square one has proven to be pretty tough to.



I was concerned with cracking the T-case or messing up output flange or something inside.