Front Drive shaft vs y pipe

[stockk5]

Ever since i put in my 4" lift on i notice that my front driveshaft hits my y pipe of the exhaust, i've noticed now there is a small smooth silver area around the front drive shaft from it rubbing on the pipe, it doesnt rub at all times but anytime i go off-road it does, is there any cheap fix to this other than a whole new header back system? If i leave it will it compromise the balance of the driveshaft and mess lots of stuff up? thanks Mike

 

[pauly383]

Mines been rubbing for a year now that I lifted my truck . I have been putting off replacing it for a bit now . Its mostly on pass droop I assume . I would say fix it , but have no room to talk until I fix mine

 

[txfiremank5]

Take it to a exhuast shop and have them cut out the part that's hitting and then weld in a newly formed, (read: one that drops a bit lower) . Problem solved..

I've had to have it done a few times (on different trucks over the years)... usually never costs very much, but just to be sure, make sure you get a price first.

 

[hd-10]

ya it cost me 40 bucks for them to do mine the only bad thing is how far that drop is i will be the one of the first things to go on a rocky trail.

 

[bablazer73]

Hmmm.... Seems like the time to put "true" duals on.

 

[stockk5]

i wish i could get true duals.... someday!

 

[hd-10]

so whats up with this TRUE duel exhaust ether you have duel or you don't right or am i missing somthing here? it's not to much to have some one run a straight pipe to a muffler and get away from that y pipe.

 

[cbbr]

I bought an elbow from autozone for $3, cut out the section that was touching and welded the elbow in. It gave me about 1 inch of clearance. Cut out a smaller section than the elbow, fit it up and weld it in.

I did it as a fix until I have the money/time to put on duals, but it works fine and has for months including some fun crawling.

 

[AkMudr]

My Y-pipe split right thru the weld, no more clearance issue and gave me a reason to get dual exhaust,