bigbadchev84
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i am installing a 12" lift on my 84 shortbox with a 465 and 208 combo, what are my options for a front driveline?
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12" lift, what about front driveline?
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bigbadchev84
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no show truck, just mudder and occasional pavement pounder, had 8inch lift and 39.5, but wasnt big enough, the front driveline clicked with the 8 inch, i dont think it would even turn now. would a had shaft work?
mudslinger99
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I am pretty sure you could talk to Jess over at High Angle and come up with a sollution..
Have you thought about going divorced on the case ? I have seen a couple of people that went that route and it worked..
Have you thought about going divorced on the case ? I have seen a couple of people that went that route and it worked..
Why is anything with more than 4" of lift a show truck? People in my area have 20" of lift with 49" Iroks on Rockwells and 700+ horsepower and still get stuck in the mud. I wouldn't imagine it would be a practical set-up for rock crawling... but not all people crawl.jekbrown said:
Divorced is the route I took because I hate cv shafts. I have 7" suspension in this pic and not much angle on my driveshaft, I would imagine I could easily handle a 12" lift.mudslinger99 said:
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Jishory
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if its a mud truck have you though of clocking your t-case down?
K5MONSTERCHEV
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Yep, get the diff clocked up, better pinion angle and you can keep your caster.
bigbadchev84
1/2 ton status
clocked up? wouldnt it be down?
around here a guy rotates the axle.... he grinds the welds off and pitches the axle and then re-welds.... all for $100
mudslinger99 said:I am pretty sure you could talk to Jess over at High Angle and come up with a sollution..
I'm with him on this one. I have 12" suspension & 1" zero rate on the front of mybut I have a TH400/205. I went with 1410 yokes and cv. The rear I went with a 1350 at the tc and 1410 yoke at the rear end. I have no vibration problems.The only problem at the front was I had to go back to a stock tranny pan. The cv would not clear the B&M deep aluminum pan. You will spend a lot to fix the soultion. I did not do that with the 91 blazer I had with the 12" lift and it cost me 3 TH400 input shafts,one was a art carr hardened shaft,1sprag, and the time for about 3 rebuilds. I dont ever want to have to do that again.
I was going to add the d60 and rotate the axle but NJ changed their lift laws..... and I had to take the 3" body and 12" susp lift off... 
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wish I was still alowed to have that dagon lift....
my front dshaft was binding too....
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wish I was still alowed to have that dagon lift....
my front dshaft was binding too....
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mudslinger99
1/2 ton status
RootBreaker said:I was going to add the d60 and rotate the axle but NJ changed their lift laws..... and I had to take the 3" body and 12" susp lift off...
What size lift are you running in that pic ?
short sub
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hey man im running the superlift 12" kit and before i did my doubler a few months ago i always just reworked the stock front d-shafts. i would just grind out the cv to clear a steeper angle and it always worked for me. With my new transfer cases i chose to call jesse at high angle and i went with 1410s-cvs- front and rear. the only downside to the higher lift springs(besides the obvious like stiff ride and no flex) is that when you really begin to beat on them theyll tend to bend alot easier. I dont know how many times I have bent my front leafs due to them being so arched they literally want to push backward . When i stuck to just the mud they worked great though. well good luck Later Ryan
mudslinger99 said:RootBreaker said:I was going to add the d60 and rotate the axle but NJ changed their lift laws..... and I had to take the 3" body and 12" susp lift off...
What size lift are you running in that pic ?
sorry this is not following topic...
6" softride superlift front springs and 1" zero rate in stock location.... my 40" hawgs are a true 38.8" because of the 12" wide rims... if I used 9.75 tires would be 39" or a tad more.... but the width of these tires is what makes it all rub... but I expected that as I did this on purpose.... I LIKE THE WIDER TIRES!!!!!
more fer ya...
http://www.supermotors.org/vehicles/registry/detail.php?id=8011&s=24442#content
will flex more but shocks are limiting it.. was teetering there so I was up more.... gotta fix clutch before I worry bout the rest....
