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swaping tail shaft around...
Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2005 4:26 pm
by Mousie
hey any 1 done a 6" lift and swaped there tail shaft around so that the skinny end is into the gear box? is this required so your tailshaft dosnt hit the chassis suport
cheers
Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2005 4:35 pm
by Area54
Yep, you need to do it unless you want to notch your crossmember heavily.
Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2005 4:40 pm
by Mousie
ok so you unbolt the 4 bolts at the diff and the 4 at the drum and flip it over correct?
Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2005 4:44 pm
by Area54
Yep, the driveshaft should not separate due to the design of the dust seal on the spline, but be careful anyway (might be an aftermarket spline) that the shaft does not come apart at the spline.
Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2005 5:47 pm
by stool
Mabe pump some grease in the uni`s while your at it
Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2005 6:15 pm
by Mousie
what happends if the spline dose seperate?
Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2005 7:23 pm
by pongo
just mark where it joins with something like liquid paper so if it does come apart you can reasemble it without having to get it rebalanced
Cheers
Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2005 10:04 pm
by MNBS 4x4
make sure you chock the wheels first as you will loose your hand brake when the tail shaft drops
Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 2:17 pm
by Mousie
ahh thanks pongo i thaught that would be the go
cheers