Destroyed the rear drive shaft

[Wes Harden]

From length perspective, i’m sure you can find a 1” driveshaft spacer, so that you could use the stock length shaft and easily source one. The spacer would hurt angle in a tradition shaft but with CV it would be non issue. Making sure you get a quality spacer with the bolts going all the way through the flange would be key.

Something like this:

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Personally, I would have shaft modified to proper length. You lose the off the shelf availability, but perhaps you have the spacer in travel bag in case you need to limp it home.

that spacer looks like it would work for a stock square body front drive shaft, after lifting. OP has a non cv 2 u joint rear shaft, and is converting to a cv shaft using a a small pilot Super Duty shaft for the rear.

 

[muddybuddy]

Yea, that exact spacer wouldnt be the answer, that one is actually for a ram 2500/3500. You could definitely use a spacer, just matter of confirming pilot dimensions of tcase yoke and shaft, and driveshaft bolt pattern. That said, very likely not a spacer that would be off the shelf, and in which case (and ways best not to have spacers) having shaft modified to proper length is best.

 

[Blue85]

But a stock SD front shaft is not going on a Suburban rear, spacer or no.

 

[HawK5]

It looks like they make “long” yokes for the 14B, and the u bolt style looks longer then the strap style yoke too. Since the yoke on the diff has to be replaced anyways, I’ll get the flange on the T-case and then see how close the SD driveshaft is, it it’s only an inch short, then I’ll look at getting a long yoke and/or spacer. If I can not modify the stock sd driveshaft then I’d be able to source a replacement easier and save the cost of shortening the sd shaft..

 

[Wes Harden]

Shortening a drive shahft is way less expensive than lengthing one.