I have a burning question rolling across my mind. This may be elementary to the hard core but to me a newbe to wheeleen and I am ready to order my driveshafts I have a question.
Can anyone tell me why the Jeep manufacturers use such a small diameter driveshaft? Does it have some added value in using such a small diameter, especially for the front which has a sizable length to it?
Larry The Old Rugged Crosser
in a Old Rugged Cross'en 72 CJ-5
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It was mainly for clearance on the auto trans equipped vehicles. They only made 1 "flavor" for cost savings (this is AMC we're talking about). Once you lift them it's not a problem anymore. I had a couple of front shafts built from the stock OD, .188" wall tube (I think factory is .120"), and I promptly twisted them out of phase. The front shaft in my Jeep now is 2" diameter .188" wall. I haven't twisted it in about 5 years of 'wheeling.
Bob
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1969 AMX
1967 Rambler Rogue
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