Rear drive shaft strength (1 Viewer)

[Heckraiser]

Yep, common. My driveshaft looks a little bit like a barber shop pole, but it's still working, more or less. I've also bent a front radius arm, but oddly, not a rear LCA.

 

[1973Guppie]

stock is somewhat thin, can't remember the wall size, it is very common to drag and hit the rear shaft. I carry a trail spare for this reason. I did have a local driveshaft retube mine with thicker wall tubing (2x now) due to hitting it on rocks. The thing to look for is not necessarily scratches on the shaft but any major indentations. They will usually fail at a major indentation.

I think it was around $200, last years rubithon cost me some $ between my shaft and losing my iphone, but you gotta pay to play.....