Topic: rear drive shaft help

[trailcrawler]

I have a 1985 xtra cab 2 peice drive shaft  and the angle is horrible i was wondering if a stock long bed drive shaft from a 1980 would bolt right up

[junya92toy]

Can you explain more of what your setup is like? Lift springs? longer shackles? tire size? etc and post up some pics. We might be able to help you better.

[trailcrawler [OP]]

i have three inch trail gear springs with stock shackles

[crazykooter]

A stock 1st gen long bed shaft is still short if I remember right.  Ill try and remember to measure it tomorrow since I have a 85 x cab sitting here and my original drive shaft from my truck.

[trailcrawler [OP]]

i dont get the point of the two piece drive shaft u cant get any angle out of it

[junya92toy]

A 2 piece is higher then a one piece

[will.the.thrill]

get rid of that 2 piece POS, measure from the output flange of the t-case to the input flange of the 3rd and take get a single piece driveshaft made. you could probably salvage parts from the 2-piece so you'd only need to pay for it to get re-tubed.

[crazykooter]

I totally forgot I was going to measure what my stock 1st gen long bed drive shaft was.  Ill go do it and let ya know.

[79toy20r]

A first gen long bed shaft is around 57" long

[79toy20r]

And I don't think it will bolt up, I think they are different bolt patterns

[crazykooter]

I finally got around to measuring my old stock rear drive shaft and fully compressed its 57"s since I run 11/2"s out on the slip yoke it work imo up to 59"s before you would be to far out on the slip. Whats the length you need from flang to flang ?