Re: 2001 4WD - Ok to remove the front driveshaft?

From: Michael Maskalans (dml@tepidcola.com)
Date: Tue Oct 16 2007 - 23:45:57 EDT


On Sep 29, 2007, at 11:35, David Gersic wrote:

>
> On Sunday 23 September 2007 11:20 am, WiLieR[SS] wrote:
>> That is considered a cv joint front driveshaft. I would rather use
>> the dbl cardan joint since the failure rate for them is much lower
>> than the cv style shaft. Yes, it requires swapping yokes on the
>> t-case, but it is well worth it.
>
> Well, Rockford seems to agree that the CV design wasn't such a good
> idea. I
> picked up my new shaft yesterday:
>
> http://www.zaccaria-pinball.com/temp/im005197.jpg

So do you get any sort of vibes out of that? There's a reason the
stock shaft used a CV or double cardan joint: mismatched angles. If
not, great. I (obviously) don't have a stock truck handy to measure
front driveshaft angles on....

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