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Rear tail shaft
Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2004 7:37 pm
by Rhett
My rear tail shaft is binding in the yokes on the transfer end. I rotated my diff and moved it back as much as I could today and it still binds. How have other ppl got around this problem. I have seen transfer cases lowered but I think that is a step backwards. Double carden joint maybe?
Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2004 8:21 pm
by bigsteve
Possibly a silly question but are the yokes lined up??
You know how both knuckles are supposed to be inline with one another.
(That may or may not make any sense)
Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2004 4:00 am
by mtzook
That's odd that it's your rear shaft that's binding. Normally it's the front cause it's so much shorter...
Stephen did something to the t-case for a bit of adjustability, but i never did see what it was.
You must have some serious lift if it's binding like that...
BTW, if you could find a driveshaft with more "openness" around the u-joint, then maybe that would solve your binding problem. How close is it when it touches???
Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2004 5:57 am
by redzook
i use a toy d/c shaft
dosent bind and is beefy aswell
Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2004 7:17 am
by bigsteve
If possible can you post a pic of your tail shaft angle??
Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2004 8:42 am
by Rhett
My didgital camera is dead at the moment. But a quick guesimation would say about 25 degrees of straight. I had a quick look at the front you can see it has been binding too. I was thinking of grinding the yokes back a bit. Or is this a big nono?
Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2004 8:53 am
by bigsteve
Rhett wrote:My didgital camera is dead at the moment. But a quick guesimation would say about 25 degrees of straight. I had a quick look at the front you can see it has been binding too. I was thinking of grinding the yokes back a bit. Or is this a big nono?
Possibly axle wrap. whats your suspension setup again??
Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2004 9:31 am
by Rhett
It would be a little axle wrap involved but even when I finish my ladder bar it is going to be very close. I guess I will just do the ladder bar and go from there.
Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2004 8:51 pm
by bazooked
just get sum hilux shafts modded to suit front and rear and all ur problems will be gone..
Posted: Sat Apr 24, 2004 7:12 pm
by Rhett
Ladder bar is on and it still binds a touch when hammering it. (doing donuts) I will have to go hilux shalfs but I will do hilux diffs at the same time I thinks. I have noticed the more you look at tires the smaller they get. I am after something a bit bigger than 33s now.
Posted: Sun Apr 25, 2004 11:42 am
by 1MadEngineer
there is an easy cheap bullet proof solution, i wil pm u the details
55deg joint running angle
Posted: Sun Apr 25, 2004 4:26 pm
by bazooked
hey madengineer can u pm me the details to?
Posted: Sun Apr 25, 2004 8:22 pm
by Rhett
Thanks for the info Mad Engneer Il C if I can find some when I do My diff swap.
Posted: Sun Apr 25, 2004 11:47 pm
by xtreem
Why not post it here so we can all see???????????????????????????????
Posted: Mon May 03, 2004 7:08 pm
by Squik
bigsteve wrote:Possibly a silly question but are the yokes lined up??
You know how both knuckles are supposed to be inline with one another.
(That may or may not make any sense)
I'm sorting shaft dramas at the moment as well, so the knuckles points are supposed to be paralell or at 90 degrees to each other?
Posted: Mon May 03, 2004 7:29 pm
by zookjedi
Squik wrote:bigsteve wrote:Possibly a silly question but are the yokes lined up??
You know how both knuckles are supposed to be inline with one another.
(That may or may not make any sense)
I'm sorting shaft dramas at the moment as well, so the knuckles points are supposed to be paralell or at 90 degrees to each other?
paralell ,
Posted: Mon May 03, 2004 7:34 pm
by bigsteve
stressed wrote:Squik wrote:bigsteve wrote:Possibly a silly question but are the yokes lined up??
You know how both knuckles are supposed to be inline with one another.
(That may or may not make any sense)
I'm sorting shaft dramas at the moment as well, so the knuckles points are supposed to be paralell or at 90 degrees to each other?
paralell ,
Yes thats what thought too
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Posted: Mon May 03, 2004 11:44 pm
by Squik
ok...so.... (and excuse the playskool mechanics) on a sierra rear shaft, I just pull the shaft apart at the boot and just turn to align the splines to set the knuckles parallel?
Posted: Tue May 04, 2004 9:20 am
by greg
Squik wrote:ok...so.... (and excuse the playskool mechanics) on a sierra rear shaft, I just pull the shaft apart at the boot and just turn to align the splines to set the knuckles parallel?
Correct. However, you should be able to see a mark on each part of the drive shaft - and you can line those two marks up to get on the exact splines you want it to be on (hope that made sense)...
Posted: Tue May 04, 2004 6:11 pm
by redzook
Rhett wrote:Thanks for the info Mad Engneer Il C if I can find some when I do My diff swap.
can u post up
Posted: Tue May 04, 2004 6:38 pm
by bigsteve
Rhett wrote:Ladder bar is on and it still binds a touch when hammering it. (doing donuts) I will have to go hilux shalfs but I will do hilux diffs at the same time I thinks. I have noticed the more you look at tires the smaller they get. I am after something a bit bigger than 33s now.
Attn Greg
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