1350 Dana 60 Yoke and 16" slip SQUARE driveline....

[RGV72BLAZER]

a buddy of mine had a square shaft on his front driveline. once drove 40 miles going 60 mph when the rear d-shaft let go. I think I'm going to get a bling rear shaft from HAD and build a couple of square ones for the front.

 

[stallion85]

he probably means the standard little cv joint.

looks like you need to shim your pinion up. is this driven on the road? if not i'd point it directly at the t-case. mine was the same as your and with my soft 52" springs it was wrapping up and binding. mine isn't driven on the road, so i don't care about camber/caster.

I took that picture while my rig was strapped to the trailer. The front straps pull the suspension out and makes the pinion angle a little deceiving. This is on a Hi Pinion 60 too.......

Here is a ride height angle shot.

 

[stallion85]

What is your opinion on the straps vs. u-bolt debate?

To be honest, I don't know if it is that big of a difference strength wise. I needed a bigger yoke so naturally I went with the more desirable U-bolts. Brandon nailed it on the head about taking rock rash better than the straps.

Check out this link for some more info....http://www.pirate4x4.com/tech/billavista/PR-1410_Yoke/index.html

 

[FWP]

Fred, no diss taken. What do you mean by "3R" and "centering yoke" ?

The CV is known as a 3R type, using S44 joints, from what I can tell from your pics, and being a stock front shaft- kinda hard to see the CV you are using. The centering section has a ball and socket. Both can break, I just have had the socket end break- on the flange side. The weld yoke side with the pin and ball have held up (in my case).

HTH

 

[YZEATER]

we need to see it at ride height, with no pressure on the springs. also how soft are your springs?

 

[stallion85]

we need to see it at ride height, with no pressure on the springs. also how soft are your springs?

Look at post #22

 

[stallion85]

The CV is known as a 3R type, using S44 joints, from what I can tell from your pics, and being a stock front shaft- kinda hard to see the CV you are using. The centering section has a ball and socket. Both can break, I just have had the socket end break- on the flange side. The weld yoke side with the pin and ball have held up (in my case).

HTH

I understand now, thanks Fred

 

[YZEATER]

too many pics. lol. how soft are your springs?

looking at your pics, if your getting some wrap, putting bolts into the spring clamps will help. i'm just going off of what my problems are/where with soft 52's. i've added 8 degree shims, more leafs and bolts in the clamps since i broke a cv joint and a front u-joint.

 

[stallion85]

The springs up front are pretty soft, not 52" soft though. I actually put that bolt back in this last Saturday

The 1st and second yoke broke due to a poor weld from one of my friends. This last one was welded by a friend who uses gas with his Mig.

I need to test it out again before I head out to Moab next month.

 

[xanthias]

is there anyway to balance a square tube shaft?

I've heard of guys putting a few ounces of oil into them before slipping them together for final assembly.

 

[stallion85]

I've heard of guys putting a few ounces of oil into them before slipping them together for final assembly.

I have heard sand also then welding a cap on the smaller inner square to seal it all up. To be honest, in a square front driveline balancing it is worthless. Most people with a square driveline aren't going to be going 40MPH in 4WD.

One thing I would suggest and I will probably do before long is weld a bead down each edge of the inner square to tighten the clearance up. When in 2WD the front driveline makes one hell of a racquet.