On my cj with soa cj7 rear springs I am wondering if I need to have half and half travel in the slip on the driveshaft.

Or should I have more travel one way?
Any help would be great.

Take care

You will need a long travel driveline I'll bet. The thing to keep in mind is that it is better to pull the slip apart than bust the t-case adaptor off. If that driveline bottoms out the force can and sometime will bust the t-case off the tranny so whatever you do be sure this wont happen.

If you are SOA and SR you might as well save your self some time and agony and call Jesse at High Angle Driveline and order a long slip drive line. I am SOA and SR and tried making a double slip drip line with 6" of travel. No matter what I could pull it apart. Jesse can send you a line with PLENTY of room.

Yep thought about that too, But I am just trying to get by for now. I had too many people back out on buying parts from me this month to spend the jack to get the "Correct part"

But your suggestions are valid. Whats a shaft like that run?

Thanks

I just had a brain fart here. (idea) Its probably been done before but I wonder how it would work out if I took another driveshaft of the same size and and put it's splined ende on the opposite end of the shaft? Not to try and join the two to make one long spline, but to have a splined slip at both ends?


I have several driveshafts that would probably work.



HMMMMMMMM? I think I may try that tomarrow at work. Just by drawing it up on paper, it looks that I could get almost 9" of travel that way and save some beer money?

If you need something to just get you buy I would build a driveshaft ourt of receiver hitch tubing. Its strong, simple, lots of slip, and proven by many people on this board.

Originally posted by NE-RokToy
If you need something to just get you buy I would build a driveshaft ourt of receiver hitch tubing. Its strong, simple, lots of slip, and proven by many people on this board.

yep build a square reciever hitch front d/shaft. my bet is you'll never swap it. i run one in the front and have in the rear. they work great and are super beefy with lots of slip. you don't want to run the square one on the rear if you see any road miles. as i said i have run them in the rear and they vibrate and chatter pretty good at road speeds. off-road they are great. the front is not affected by the roads when you unlock your hubs so they are a great choice for a front d/line imo. do a search on them. you'll find lots of info.