Wank.a.lot

oh i thought he was talking about the square stock drive shaft that extreme 4x4 made

Smith-02

ding ding. tried and true, it's how they do it for real too. only with slightly more tech

gon3r

yeah, but what do you do if you are only left with the small end of the driveshaft with no straight part... the s14 rear end i have to deal with is like that. i'm thinking of doing it myself, but will absolutely be getting it balanced afterward. i guess chromoly would be the material of choice?

Hellbert

im pretty big in 4x4s too and ive made tons of drive shafts out of everything from cut off high lift jack handles to square tubing to some pretty damn nice mild and DOM ones. best way i know to do it is the angle and hose clamp trick. ive got a square shaft in the front of my yota right now. best thing is mother ******* indistructable ive had the better part of the trucks weight on it on the rocks and the slip is long enough if the back gets mangled ive always got a spare to get back to the main road! if youre really wanting to make one that wont vib best thing to do is call up the local big truck shops and dealers most of them can make drive shafts or know where can. im not sure where your at or whats closest to you but fleet pride, stone and some truck pros can make them. ive had the local stone build them for everything from a buddies sammy to a 06 chevy i lifted to internationals and peterbuilts.

Smith-02

you have a yoda? 1985?

85levin

good info.

boosted4life: please, if you can lmk how i can contact you.

anyone know if i can get the tubing online? i went to some truck shop but they want around 400 bucks. honestly don't feel like paying that much. it is not for a 4x4. but it is a yoda and it's an 85 too. it is an ae86 with a 3sgte and supra trans and rearend.

That Guy

send it to a driveline shop man. I ran a driveline shop for over a year, and if its not straight and balanced to under 3 to 5 thou runout it will wreck bearings and shake bad. its worth the money. i had a circle track race car in the shop once and the guy tried making his own from pipe and yokes, he used .065 tubing and standard yokes and the ------- thing was .125 (yes, eighth inch) out of true and was off balance by .5" trust me, money into driveshafts is money you dont spend rebuilding tranny or rear later. Dont waste extra cash with chrome moly tubing, standard DOM in .083 would be fine

Hellbert

yes sir i do but no its a 93 solid fill width swap 3 link front one link rear with tj coils 40 inch pitbull rockers bobed rear square bed cage with gangster slide out cooler mount. its not much but its a ---- load of fun for no more money than is in it.

RotaryGeek

I didnt read all the thread, but a local tractor supply has extendable driveshafts for big tractors making lots of power. I bet with some balancing, they would work ok. You would have to fab something up to fit them though.

mopar318

Use DOM tubing.