The thread in the for sale section on 60/80 series driveshafts got me thinking. Given the lack of good tacoma cores for converting to front DC shafts, the high cost when they are available, or having to go spicer w/ Tom Woods, if it may be worth pursuing making my own DC driveshaft.
My thought was this...buy/find two more yokes for a front DS. Have a machine shop reduce the height on one lip, and fully remove the centering lip plus bore into the yoke by a tiny bit.
Then, add a ujoint bolt them on to the existing front driveshaft at the TC end. Basically adding a ujoint. It would lengthen the shaft by probably a few inches, and the shaft would probably then need to be shortened and ballanced. I have no idea how much some machining would cost (though the hackjob way may be to grind off both flanges and just use bolts with the exact size to center the bolt holes.
Maybe 200-300 into it? Can't see this being functionally different than a DC shaft.
Thoughts?
My thought was this...buy/find two more yokes for a front DS. Have a machine shop reduce the height on one lip, and fully remove the centering lip plus bore into the yoke by a tiny bit.
Then, add a ujoint bolt them on to the existing front driveshaft at the TC end. Basically adding a ujoint. It would lengthen the shaft by probably a few inches, and the shaft would probably then need to be shortened and ballanced. I have no idea how much some machining would cost (though the hackjob way may be to grind off both flanges and just use bolts with the exact size to center the bolt holes.
Maybe 200-300 into it? Can't see this being functionally different than a DC shaft.
Thoughts?
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