barnett3006
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Hello.
Ol' blue is a '91 4x4 xlt extended cab with the 4.0, M50D, push button transfer case and is otherwise stock except for heavy duty springs that I swapped in the rear a few years ago when a had to tow more then the old, sprung factory springs would let me. Don't remember what vehicle they came from, an explorer maybe, but they went right in and gave a a few inches of lift in the rear.
It is now time for me to replace the carrier bearing for the 8th friggin time and after doing some research during a clutch replacement I recently finished I stumbled across the 98 drive shaft swap totorial here at TRS. I have been unable to find the right drive shaft locally and I'm not going to pay LKQ prices for one, so the next best thing for me is to roll my own. I got another shaft with the correct ends and a length of driveline tubing.
My question is, is the weld to weld length of 47" a "good enough" length and is there an optimum length? My drive line tube is 48" long and wanted some opinions before I cut that inch off. I ask this because my time for this kind of stuff is short and this truck is my daily driver so I need to have the new shaft ready to go for when I have time to get that damn 2 piece shaft out. Otherwise I would pull the shafts out and make some good measurements to make the new shaft to.
BTW, this forum has been an invaluable resource to me over the years, I just never had a need to register and post anything until now as the info I needed had already been addressed, I couldn't find the answer to this however.
Thanks in advance,
Marc
Ol' blue is a '91 4x4 xlt extended cab with the 4.0, M50D, push button transfer case and is otherwise stock except for heavy duty springs that I swapped in the rear a few years ago when a had to tow more then the old, sprung factory springs would let me. Don't remember what vehicle they came from, an explorer maybe, but they went right in and gave a a few inches of lift in the rear.
It is now time for me to replace the carrier bearing for the 8th friggin time and after doing some research during a clutch replacement I recently finished I stumbled across the 98 drive shaft swap totorial here at TRS. I have been unable to find the right drive shaft locally and I'm not going to pay LKQ prices for one, so the next best thing for me is to roll my own. I got another shaft with the correct ends and a length of driveline tubing.
My question is, is the weld to weld length of 47" a "good enough" length and is there an optimum length? My drive line tube is 48" long and wanted some opinions before I cut that inch off. I ask this because my time for this kind of stuff is short and this truck is my daily driver so I need to have the new shaft ready to go for when I have time to get that damn 2 piece shaft out. Otherwise I would pull the shafts out and make some good measurements to make the new shaft to.
BTW, this forum has been an invaluable resource to me over the years, I just never had a need to register and post anything until now as the info I needed had already been addressed, I couldn't find the answer to this however.
Thanks in advance,
Marc