whats better one piece or 2 piece tailshaft for hilux

Post by **troylux** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 3:42 pm

hey guys.

my standard tail shaft is stuffed i will need a new center bearing + a few uni's

so i will be up for a full rebuild.

so i was thinking of maybe going to a one piece tail shaft

what are pros and cons / do you think i should stick with the 2 piece or go to a one piece.

its a ln106 hilux with a 2 inch lift later on down the track(6 to 12 months) i will be going a 3.5 buts thats the highest i will be going.

thanks

troy

Post by **bazooked** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 3:50 pm

they r a 2 piece shaft for a reason, because of the length, just get her rebuilt thats all thats wrong with it and its probably done alot of ks already.

Post by **tuff-lux** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 4:11 pm

Gday mate if your not running heaps of flex the 2 peice will be fine.

and i just happen to have a full 2 peice shaft out of my old lux 93 ln106

i can measure it if your interested

Post by **crack** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 6:13 pm

arnt they two peice to allow for flex?

Post by **jav** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 6:29 pm

Got one here, carton of xxxx gold and it's yours

Post by **rvh96** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 6:51 pm

if running any lift at all a 1 peice is the way to go if you keep the 2 peice in there you will be replacing centre bearings every 6 months the hiluxs dont run a 2 peice because of length its to correct driveline angle same as commodore but once you lift them its all out anyway some hiluxs we fit a 1 peice shaft in drive perfect straight up some need pinion angle adjustment just depends on the amount of lift, spring set, etc.

Post by **brighty** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 7:02 pm

just on this topic too...

What are you guys runnin for front shafts??? Mate of mine has lifted about 5-6inches and the front shaft keeps comin apart.

Do you guys just get them lengthened and rebalanced to correct this or do something different???

Cheers

Post by **macca81** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 7:33 pm

hey jav, nice beetle in ya pic, i rekon it would get on well with mine

Post by **tuff-lux** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 7:56 pm

get a a longer slip joint put in it.

Post by **Sic Lux** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 8:40 pm

Front shaft if you don't drive it on road alot make one out of RHS box steel still using double carden and all uni's works a treat for the rear shaft if you have any lift at all all mates who have had a centre bearing go i've fitted a 1 peice shaft no point trying to avoid what you'll end up doing

Post by **troylux** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 8:51 pm

thanks for the replys guys

i have decided to go for a one piece

does any one have any good places to go and get one made in the northside of brisbane.

maybe a rough price.

thanks

troy

Post by **tuff-lux** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 8:55 pm

uuumm i also have one of those

if u want

Post by **batcho101** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 4:56 pm

i have one to. measure the distance from transfer output to the diff flange for me and i'll measure the one piece i have here i only removed it cause i need to run a double cardinal on the rear of mine now

Post by **crack** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 8:29 pm

wats it worth to get one made up roughly? and is it betta to go box steel for the tail shaft or just keep in tube?

Post by **Sic Lux** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 11:39 pm

crack wrote:wats it worth to get one made up roughly? and is it betta to go box steel for the tail shaft or just keep in tube?

probably around 150 using your old 2peice shaft and i'd keep it in tube for rear unless it will only be doing low speeds slow comp stuff only

Post by **lay80n** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 11:11 am

RHS section drive shafts are only good for a cheap option for comps, they are a PITA to balance (no one bothers any way as they are all for slow work) and make a crap load of noise. If its for the front end of a comp car, then RHS is probably okay, but for a street rig, so a proper tube section.

Layto....

Post by **troylux** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 9:23 pm

thanks guys for all the posts
i am getting a new one piece tail shaft made now will be ready 2 moro so i will fill you all in on how it goes on Thursday.

thanks

troy

Post by **tuff-lux** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 10:35 pm

cheers it will be good to here how you went with it. and was your other slip joint that we talked about ok?

Post by **ferrit** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 6:59 pm

AU falcons used to be speed limited to 180kph because of their one piece shaft- they start to whip around and vibrate as they flex at speed.

But i suspect an LN106 will ever have that problem!

Post by **Sic Lux** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 12:58 am

LN106 @ that speed i'd pay good money to see that

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