I have a guy that needs some help with his driveline. Hes got a 96 ranger that they put in a straight axel and sprung it over. The question is the driveshaft that goes into the t-case has a birfield type connector. We know from first hand the the birfeilds in original form aren't real strong. With the ranger being spungover it puts the driveshaft angle really steep. What are his options? CV joint? Or? Maybe theres some type of conversion that someone has come up with.

Which driveshaft are we talkin' about here...front or rear? The 1354 T-case has a yoke on the input (front) and a flange on the output (rear) to hook up the driveshafts.
Kinda sounds like you are talking about the rear driveshaft on a Supercab Ranger which is a 2 piece unit that uses a carrier bearing. If this is so, your best bet is to have a one piece driveshaft made and no CV is necessary.
Those 2 piece d-shafts don't like to be lifted much more over stock and when they are they bind up on acceleration and give you nasty vibrations. Just for reference i'm using the stock front CV d-shaft and a custom one piece non-CV d-shaft in the rear and i'm at around 7" of lift with my 97 SAS'd supercab Ranger. I'd like to bring it down a couple of inches to ease the angle on the front d-shaft as well as the COG. Hope it helps you out,
David

Yea sorry it is the rear. So what does he need to replace that birfield looking joint that goes into the t-case? Sounds like his will about the same height as yours. Not for sure if his is a 2 peice driveline. Thanks for the help

heh?

there is no "birfield lookin joint" at the rear dshaft.. There are standard ujoints with a flange setup, it bolts to the flange at the tcase.

I personally like the 2 piece dshaft, and left mine. I am running 6" leaves. Angles are fine and it helps out A LOT with underbelly clearance. It's not like the 4.0ls have enough guts to do anything anyways.

but if it is a standard cab you won't have the 2piece issue.

If you want bigger joints, manual trans explorers use a 1330 joint, Rangers use a 1310 joint. Just steal everything from a manual trans explorer. The flange setup doesn't seem to be a weak link.

edit: is this what you are concerned about?

http://www.trucksandbabypics.net/rangerbuild/rangerbuild/hittingcab.jpg