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Square will cost you about $30 and you get 18" of travel out of it.
get a long slip front driveline kit. that will fix all your problemshttp://www.inchwormgear.com/store/product_info.php?cPath=52&products_id=976
Will clearancing the CV joint like this http://www.4x4wire.com/toyota/tech/cvmod/ help at all.
those things are junk. if yer gonna go long spline atleast use tractor spline
No, that will just give you more angle.Do tell, as far as a tractor slip I found them to be to sloppy. I ran a 14" slip similar to the one pictured with out one problem and the slip splines stayed tight the whole time. So why are they "junk"?
Cut your existing shaft and sleeve it with some chromo at the desired length. Rosette weld and end weld the sleeve. Hit trail. I've done it MANY times, here are a couple pics of what I'm talking about...I usually use .120 wall chromo personally.
I tried that originally, but the driveshaft shop said that I didn't have enough room to make that work. CRAP!!!!
all the ones ive seen have bent and fairly easy at that
i'd be curious as to where they came from because thats the same as factory aside from the length and the inner part of the spline is solid shaft a lot better than some square shaft that you can throw a cat between its so sloppy you can hear it coming 2 miles down the trail
it looks like that method just extends the tube so you have less copmression and more extension so you are less likely to have it fall apart. The fact of the matter is that toyota front drivelines just do not have enough slip built into them to handle a good flexy suspension. You need to have longer splines. Thats the only thing that will fix your problem. So your options are basically to build a square driveshaft or use a long spline kit. There are plenty of write-ups on this forum that will tell you how to build a square shaft, just use the search function. Pro's of a square shaft are: it will never come apart again, fairly cheap to build. Cons of square shaft: cannot be balanced, square tube will never fit as tightly together as splines do so it will have some slop, If you try to drive it in 4 wheel drive during anything but crawling it will bang around and shake pretty bad. Long spline kit is the best way to go if you can afford it. Pro's: plenty of slip and will never come apart, splines fit nicely together so you dont get the loose banging and wobbling effect, it can also be balanced fairly well. Con's: it cost 200 bucks shipped to your door, then you still have to pay a driveshaft shop to cut your old one apart and weld your CV joint onto the new long spline shaft.You also said that you dont have enough room to use a long slip shaft. thats kinda weird because i have had one on both my rigs without dual cases. Also marlin sells an 8" slip unit that should fit in the space you have. And i think all-pro sells a 10" unit, so you do have some choices if space is limited.
Got any really clear pics of your front shaft with it compressed and drooped? Specs of the actual angles and length too? I installed All Pro 5" and I have the same problem as dweinberg01. That would help a lot. Thanks a bunch guy!!!!
My front D-shaft is 24" at ride heigth, I was gonna use a CV but was told it was bad. The CV was gonna work fine if it was broken, I think your driveshaft place sucks...My 2 cents.
So a a buddy gave me an old front driveshaft from his 93 runner and here is where I sit. I cut the driveshaft according to MiniSinmp's awesome tutorial (thanks Mini). The Cv is 5" long and the Cardan side is 7". I think that 5" of compression stroke is good, leaving me 10" of extension. A total of 27" when bolted up. I use the number 27" because that is the distance from my pinion flange to the t-case flange at ride height and right know I have 4" of compression. Do I cut the tubing, both to 15" or is my measurement thinking way off. BTW: I SUCK at geometry so all help is appreciated.
That front driveshaft write up is way too much work. You just need 2.5 trailer hitch stock and 2x2x3/16 tube and only need to cut the male end of the stock drive shaft, only grinding required is to bevel the edges for welding.
sqaure tube.Ive had mine for years. It has served me wellcheap and easy
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