Ey_Amigo's 1983 SR5 4x4 Build Up Thread
Apr 15, 2021 | 09:46 AM
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A spacer would work but will increase the angles that your CV and U joint have to operate. Your drive shaft angle doesn't look steep now so you'd probably be fine. Not sure how strong a spacer is but you're probably not planning any heavy crawling.
The other options are considerably more work.
Personally, I'd probably go to a driveshaft shop and tell them how much it needs extended by because cutting and welding it myself means it wouldn't be perfectly balanced.
The cerakote on your hubs looks awesome! I would recommend painting FREE and LOCK with a little white so it's easy to see where they are at a glance in the snow or mud.
This truck is going to be a gem when you've got it all together!
The other options are considerably more work.
Personally, I'd probably go to a driveshaft shop and tell them how much it needs extended by because cutting and welding it myself means it wouldn't be perfectly balanced.
The cerakote on your hubs looks awesome! I would recommend painting FREE and LOCK with a little white so it's easy to see where they are at a glance in the snow or mud.
This truck is going to be a gem when you've got it all together!
Yeah I have actually never been offroading (although I will once the truck is done) and this build has been inspired more towards making a killer daily driver to camp and mountain bike with but not really go wheeling, so im thinking a spacer would be the least painful route but I think its kind of a cheesy solution and makes it seem like driveshaft length was an afterthought... I might bite the bullet and take it to a driveshaft shop and have them balance and weld it, frick.
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