what front driveshafts can i run for my '80..does it have to be from a solid axle truck...or can i run one from a IFS rig...i need a new front driveshaft...and i know of a truck around town...its junk sittin in a yard on blocks....and i cant ever see if its IFS or SA...so i need to know if i can run an IFS driveshaft up front..thanks

 

yes you can as long as it is the same length ang the same bolt patteren

 

well i knew that...but it also costs quite a bit of money to lengthen or shorten a driveshaft...

 

The IFS shaft wont have the travel you'll want for a solid axle app.

But if the flanges are different you can re-drill the holes 45 degrees off.

Why do you need a new shaft?

 

You can modify an IFS shaft for more travel:
http://www.4x4wire.com/toyota/tech/cvmod/

Likely your '80 will have the smaller bolts and different flange bolt pattern, so if you don't want to mess with changing that around, stick with something of the same vintage as your truck. Try http://www.car-part.com/ or check with a local driveline shop and see if your's can be rebuilt or fix whatever is wrong with yours. Or make a square tube shaft with a pair of u-joints if you need something cheap:
- http://simbur.com/toyota4runner/drive_shafts.htm

 

I have to agree with this idea. I've seen a shaft like this made for an IH vehicle and the dang thing was TOUGH!

 

Thats what im running. cheap, easy to build, indestructable (except of course the U-joints) Lots of travel.

 

WFO,
Did you put zerk fittings in yours? The one I've seen had a zerk on the opposite sides so we could greas the mess out of it before a mud/rock run.

 

Not yet. I just made it a couple weeks ago. I need to get the pics I took of it on my computer.

Im wondering how much grease fittings are gonna help. I would think as tight as it is the grease isnt going to go very far and the inner shaft goes all the way up the outer except for about 2". I know id have to at least put 4 zerks but im thinking that wont be enough. And the shaft has a groove cut into it all along one side to allow for the weld seam of the outer shaft.

How many and where are the ones you're talking about?

 

yea i have thought about a square shaft...but..im not exactly sure on how to make one...and how long to make it..if someone could give me the specs on one for a STOCK 1st gen pickup without the swaybar...then i will just do that...seems to be the better route anyway

P.S. wont that thing vibrate like som b!tch while im in 4wheel drive and muddin ...i mean..we like to throw mud everywhere...i just dont want it to vibrate things loose...

 

i need a new front shaft because mine got sheared in half (see the thread SCREWED and TATTOOED) and my replacement that was supposed to be good(thanks a lot redvetter) is actually junk..and the driveline shop said it would be somewhere around $300 total to get everything right...

 

weeellllll i found an ifs shaft out of a 86 TURBO 4x4....(the turbo'd 22re was NOT in it...damnit..i was SOOOO excited when i seen it too..until he popped the hood and a regular 22r was under there) would i be able to take the yolk out of that shaft...and put it in my SA shaft....this is the part i need



hopefully those pics arent HUGE!...now this part IS off of a 3/4 dodge 4x4....but its what i need for my truck...thanks for the info

 

There were only two fittings, on opposite sides of the outer tube, near the middle of the shaft. You'd be surprised how much grease you can smoosh in there. I don't know if it actually helped the shaft extend and compress but it made us feel better to have some lube in there.