The last CV you'll ever need....maybe

[Triathlete]

Marlin, mine is shot also. My plan is to have a shaft custom built to fit using ujoints. I'll let you know what I find out.

[Marlin]

Marlin, mine is shot also. My plan is to have a shaft custom built to fit using ujoints. I'll let you know what I find out.

Hmm, not a horrible idea, I have some jeep friends that use square tubing for driveshafts, they just weld U-joints to the ends, if you tear one up, no worries...its easy to make a new one and they actually balance out just fine.

[Triathlete]

Square shafts don't balance well at all. Those that have them generally only use them for off road. Mine will use round tube for tod use on the highway when needed.

[RamAirZ]

I don't know if it was on here or Planet but I had discussed building the same thing Billy. Use yokes at each end for ujoints, weld a yoke in place of our cups and a yoke to the end of the splined part of the CV shaft. The main issue would be binding when turning while flexing since the u-joint would be trying to go 2 directions I think but in theory it should work. Be real easy to replace ujoints too.

[Triathlete]

The front drive shaft shouldn't see much movement on an IFS. So binding should not be an issue...I would think. Going to have to get it to a shop and see what they say. I spoke with someone in Moab that had done it on his Trooper so it should be possible.

[RamAirZ]

driveshaft or CV shaft? I was talking about replacing the CV. And what's everyone's issue with front driveshafts? They are a dime a dozen in the yard and don't look that different than any other shaft IMO.

[Triathlete]

Our front driveshaft has a cv in it...mine is shot. Makes a lot of noise and I can move it up and down about 1/2 an inch. I am going to see about getting a shaft made with ujoints instead of the cv. When I spoke to the guy in Moab he said his shop said $170 to rebuild his shaft or $90 to build a ujoint shaft that would be stronger...sounds like a win/win to me.