square drivlines
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square drivlines
ok, so im watching 4x4 and offroad on spike and they made driveshafts out of square tubing.... these are hella heavy duty and are easy to make.. anyone ever done it? i was thinking about it for the front of my trucks as i always snap the front shafts... then i can unlock the hubs and they wont cause vibration
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i know pto shafts on farm equipment are sometimes square, but keep in mind pto speed is either 540 or 1000 rpm. might vibrate under higher rpm usage, but could work out well for low rpm off highway usage.
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Anyone know if y ou can get hallow hex shaft in the 3 to 4" diameters? I think that the hex would be a bit better to use then square , but again remember that driveshaft tubing is a high torsional strenght steel (and i THINK that when the d-shaft tubing is made its like spiraled or something)
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actually the sqaure tubing i would be using would be hella stronger then the round kind with splines... and thats what i was going to do is put on inside the other for a sliding and stretching of the shafts...
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The square would resist twisting more... but if its not strong enough itll be just like trying to bend cold aluminum... Itll just snap easier than a round shaft.
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Me too... although its not my truck... 
Thats why im a member of this board... to talk pro and ivan into radical stuff never seen before just to see it it works, just for ***** and giggles of course... jk guys
Thats why im a member of this board... to talk pro and ivan into radical stuff never seen before just to see it it works, just for ***** and giggles of course... jk guys
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I don't think it would work as good as on high speed stuff like bogging. 5mph crawling is fine, but most guys were complaining over 20mph, they had some good vibes..
a retube costs 100$-150$, might be cheeper in the long run to do that.
a retube costs 100$-150$, might be cheeper in the long run to do that.
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i tried making one of THICK wall sqaure back when i was busting shafts every day and it wasn't worth it. the round tube is SO much easier to center. it is almost impossible to center a round yoke inside square tubing without some very accurate/expensive equipment. its very doable and would be pretty easy to do as long as you didn't run it at too high off RPM's. the vibrations would rattle something loose! it make a super duper spare though that wouoldn't roll around as easy 
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Machine shops around here will build shafts for $50 a piece to cut one down and make it fit, and $75 or so to build a complete new one. I'd say this would be alot easier than centering the yoke like cutts said.
I didn't get to see the jeep square driveline work this weekend or Trucks for that matter, so what happened fellas?
I didn't get to see the jeep square driveline work this weekend or Trucks for that matter, so what happened fellas?
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Originally Posted by ramboss429
Machine shops around here will build shafts for $50 a piece to cut one down and make it fit, and $75 or so to build a complete new one. I'd say this would be alot easier than centering the yoke like cutts said.
I didn't get to see the jeep square driveline work this weekend or Trucks for that matter, so what happened fellas?
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they broke an ear, not the shaft... and di u see how thick that shaft was... i doubt they would break it as you could use that stuff to do anything... it was almost 1/2 inch thick!
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