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i've talked to Jess before, great guy but i don't think he knows a lot about Land Cruisers
He seems cool, He quoted me 300 for a driveline. Then later tells me we need to drill my drum for the pattern. I don't know what he would charge on top of that to do the mods, don't care. Not angry with him or anything, but I only want a bolt in unit. I'd really only be willing to buy a driveline if it's a straight fit. If it comes down to the point I have to put new studs in, I'll drill it myself. I can throw it in a mill and line it up dead nuts with the hole in the center of the drum. Then I can know exactly where I am at, and perfectly centered. I can drill it perfect, so it is very balanced. I would trust my work and acuracy in this case over anyone else, mostly because I'm a perfectionist. Good enough is dead nuts perfect for me, not close to perfect. Like I said I want a bolt in unit, I have a piece of good extruded .25 steel tube. If I can get the mini stuff that will work for the cruiser outputs, I could find a way to build it well. I've never cut a driveline to see whats going on in there. I don't know the exact size of the inner toyota part that is sleeved by the tube. I would bet I could bore my steel tube out at the ends to what ever size I need to fit the yota parts, sick. I would really like to keep my cruiser stuff as is and mached front and rear. For no reason other than that is what I want. What jess is wanting to do would work fine I'm sure.
Mookie, what years are the drivelines you have, if you remember? The ones you drilled for the 11 mm studs, and they lined up.
I've got the 4-speed t.c. output, and 74 axles. I have my driveline, if I used it as is I'll have to limit my travel. Total I'm getting about 13.5" of vertical drop from ride height. My cruiser stuff works up to about 8"- 8.5" of that vertical drop. The spline would be long enough, even at full drop its only getting 2.625" longer, but it binds at the u-joint because of the angle. However 8", thats good travel still, and articulation will pivot from that point roughly considering the pinion is offset. It's mostly going to see the twisted, articulation on the trail. Not the full drop it would only see hitting a jump or something. And I just really don't know if she's gonna unload on me and need to be strapped anyway. At this point I'll do what I have to but would rather not do it twice. So I guess once I identify exactly what I'm after for the mini driveline, I'll start looking to buy one. It's gonna be a lot of work and a headache I'm thinking for sure. I guess that's what it takes sometimes, if you want it done right, you do it yourself!