Made my first rear driveshaft out of a front cherokee shaft out of the boneyard. Good old harbor frieght tubing cutter and angle grinder to cut the flange off. And then fired up the Lincoln to put it back together. Not hardcore but not bad for my first attempt.
Can I get a cookie:flipoff2:

Closeup of my boogers.

Looks bent to me...:confused:

Originally posted by f0cker
Looks bent to me...:confused: Fawk it its only a spare to get me off the trail and I got ten bucks into it:flipoff2:

Looks bent to me too, and it must be pretty bad to be able to see it on a shaft that short. How did you align it? Also wondering is that fresh paint, or did you weld in grease and dirt?

Originally posted by moveaside
Fawk it its only a spare to get me off the trail and I got ten bucks into it:flipoff2:



I know, I'm just giving you shit. :flipoff2:

is it just me or does it look out of phase as well:confused:

Sometimes camera lenses make straight stuff look bent. However, it definately looks out of phase. May not be that important on a CV shaft but why not keep it in phase if you can. Maybe he can pull it part and turn it to get it closer in phase even if it is a trail spare.

Dude, It might be bent:D :D :D

It's bent

Dude, your shaft is bent, and short! :flipoff2:

chit ill be all bent up anyway when it gets wheeled...

I agree to a large extent on keeping yokes in phase and pinion angles matched and such. But when it comes right down to it, you can get away with ALOT.

Nice spare though, especially for ten bucks! Does it straighten up when you rub it:D

Originally posted by ShawnM
Dude, your shaft is bent, and short! :flipoff2: Best wisecrack so far thank you. Maybe I'll have this POS driveshaft for one of you to get off the trail with someday:flipoff2:

It's pretty easy to just pull the splines apart and put it back in phase...

Buy a harbor freight straight edge :flipoff2:

Does the phase matter on a cv shaft? It's early in the am, but I was thinking it didn't because the accelerations were canceled out by the cv joint. The same reason that you can point the pumpkin at the tcase instead of placing them on parallel planes. Like I said, it is early though.:zzz:

Originally posted by ShawnM
Dude, your shaft is bent, and short! :flipoff2:
Some girls like it that way!:flipoff2:

Originally posted by monkeyevil
Buy a harbor freight straight edge :flipoff2: He already has a ChinaDepot straight edge; that's why it's bent. ;)

It only looks bent to the left.



:flipoff2:

You can even see the bend in the shadow. But atleast the shadow looks in phase.

Here's your cookie:
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:flipoff2:

It might just be me but, is it bent:confused:

Thanks for the cookie

not sure if anyone noticed but it looks a lil bent:flipoff2:

nope nobody noticed, but they are saying chicks dig crooked shafts...

Might be the makings of another thread though.

put in phase, I would think it is important even with a cv. A lil hint on making them straight for the next time stick a lil tack weld on it then bolt it in your heep, using a dial gauge (or a pencil taped to a jack or somthing) turn the shaft with the dial or pencil next to it checking for run out and tap it straight with a hammer, then weld the thing together. Makes damn near perfect shaft.

if the yoke ears are in the same position.