custom drive shaft?
custom drive shaft?
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what do you need it for? did you lift your truck, shorten/length wheelbase, or swap to a different length of transmission?
if you answered 'no' to all of those questions, then you don't need a custom driveshaft.
if you are unfortionate enough to have a slip yoke in the back of your transfer case, it would pay to replace it with a fixed yoke xfer case and driveshaft with a slip yoke in it. However, I wouldn't do that unless you four wheel your truck a lot. If you'd break your rear driveshaft, you could drive your truck home on the front axle if you had a fixed yoke.
if you answered 'no' to all of those questions, then you don't need a custom driveshaft.
if you are unfortionate enough to have a slip yoke in the back of your transfer case, it would pay to replace it with a fixed yoke xfer case and driveshaft with a slip yoke in it. However, I wouldn't do that unless you four wheel your truck a lot. If you'd break your rear driveshaft, you could drive your truck home on the front axle if you had a fixed yoke.
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the last drive shaft i bent, and blew the t-case, the second i ripped off the u joints, and the last one broke the universal and the u-joint cracked on the diff
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you need to run some traction bars. That is what is killing your driveshaft. I had 1310 or 1330s on my f150 and hammered the crap out of them without a breakage.
what's happening is the front of your rear end is lifting up and snapping down on your driveshaft... it is a violent action that is a sure way to break something.
A custom drive shaft would help, but wouldn't solve the core problem.
what's happening is the front of your rear end is lifting up and snapping down on your driveshaft... it is a violent action that is a sure way to break something.
A custom drive shaft would help, but wouldn't solve the core problem.
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