Drive shaft repair? (1 Viewer)

[jeffxlh]

Dropped off a rock shelf and mangled the front drive shaft. I have a local shop that I'm sure can cut the ends and build me a new one, or should I look for a used one. Can they be built stronger? I know nothing will hold up to the weight of the vehicle but... Is there any way to give it some protection besides bigger tires?

 

[Poser]

I am cetian that Jess can make one that would be far stronger than stock....


http://www.highangledriveline.com/



" Is there any way to give it some protection besides bigger tires? "


Just consider this another credit in the drivers education class that everyone takes during the game of life...



Good luck!


-Steve

 

[chuglife]

i'd rather have the driveshaft be the weak link, as opposed to tcase or pinion... IMO might as well stick with stock.

but, as i've heard said here before, i don't know nothin' about nothin'

 

[HawkDriver]

I believe the U joint is the most desireable weak link, it's the cheapest part. Not to say that you need weak U joints. I would order up a custom shaft and keep that in mind.

Oh and Chug, get a new avatar already, it's been like 2 weeks, sheeeesh...

 

[chuglife]

i was unaware there was a time limit on avatars ;p

but you are the second person today to remark on it, so i guess it's time to switch :whoops:

 

[HawkDriver]

Not so much a time limit, but all I could see whas a little red x and no pic. That's much better WTF is it???

 

[chuglife]

yeh, all i saw was a red x as well... what gives? ;p

it's a banana in my pocket, nothing more.



/hijack


while on the subject of driveshafts, how hard is it to make square-tube shafts? is it as simple as it looks?

 

[bad_religion_au]

square tubed are as simple as they look in my opinion

and i agree keep something in the shaft as your fuse

 

[bustanutley]

square front shaft here. Piece of cake to make, although I got western with it and milled the yokes square to a light press fit for each end of the tubes. I Then welder her up and took comfort in knowing that it was the one piece in my drive train that will not break.

I also shimmed the inner tube with sheet metal to take up slack in the tubes and now I can go 45mph with out vibs and the hubs locked.

 

[jeffxlh]

DIY square tubes....HMMM

 

[Deep South Cruisers]

need help with my rear shaft

https://forum.ih8mud.com/showthread.php?t=55278

opinions???

 

[HawkDriver]

square front shaft here. Piece of cake to make, although I got western with it and milled the yokes square to a light press fit for each end of the tubes. I Then welder her up and took comfort in knowing that it was the one piece in my drive train that will not break.

I also shimmed the inner tube with sheet metal to take up slack in the tubes and now I can go 45mph with out vibs and the hubs locked.

Go get your camera and take some pics for hells sakes. Sheeeesh!!!

Sounds awesome, let's check it.

 

[jeffxlh]

I too would love to see a pic.

 

[bustanutley]

All I have online at work is my u-joints, let me know if you want me to take some more pics when I get home tonight.

 

[HawkDriver]

Cool, now lets see it all bolted up.

 

[bustanutley]

here she is in my truck, its greasy under there I have new rear main seal sitting on my desk, just have to get motivated.

 

[HawkDriver]

Nice pic, that looks pretty sick. So how did you keep the sheetmetal on and is there much slop at all. Shouldn't be too hard to get a boot over that to keep it clean right?

 

[bustanutley]

Nice pic, that looks pretty sick. So how did you keep the sheetmetal on and is there much slop at all. Shouldn't be too hard to get a boot over that to keep it clean right?

The sheet metal is the length of the inner tube and is stitch welded on in 3 or 4 places down the length of the tube and also on the ends. The welds are ground flush with the sheet. I think the sheet is 16 GA and there is a shim all on 4 sides. There really isn't any slop at all, when I turn it by hand it makes no clunk sound as it rotates like it did before I shimmed it. Make sure you pack them full of grease, lots of folks put 4 zerks on them and pump them up. Most suggest to fun it the other direction so junk will drain out but I opted to run the other direction to keep the actual slip un-mangled for smooth action. I need to drill some holes in the bottom of the larger tube for stuff to drain but I haven’t been anywhere this summer where it has had an opportunity to fill full of stuff. Some people put shock boots on their's, but I could honestly care less.

 

[HawkDriver]

Cool man. Good choice putting the slip at the top. Nice work

 

[clemson55]

I'll vote for the square tubes as well. They put them on one of the heeps in extreme 4x4 sheered the bolts of but didnt hurt the shaft.