So I'm branching out into new territory with a Suburban. Everything else I've ever run was either short enough it's no question, or long pickups that came with carrier bearings. Now I've dropped most of my K5 drivetrain into the Suburban and need to put together a new rear drive line.
Nick runs a long one piece in the 72 and has liked it very well. Maybe it's my rock crawler days, but I get queasy just thinking about that long drive line combined with abysmal break over limits, so I can't get a carrier bearing out of my head. I've got an SYE on a 241 with double cardan down to the C14 now, so it's got to be all new, no likely donors out there.
The carrier option is certainly the most expensive requiring 2 shafts plus the carrier, but gives a good drive line angle for a shackle flip rear to give me a matching pinion angle and my ~4" lift with stock 3/4 ton packs. The long shaft is cheaper on it's own, but needs a heavier/larger tube, and likely requires either rotating the axle to get a good pinion angle, or some other mechanism to get it where it needs to be to align with the DC joint on the top.
Thoughts and experiences either way?
Nick runs a long one piece in the 72 and has liked it very well. Maybe it's my rock crawler days, but I get queasy just thinking about that long drive line combined with abysmal break over limits, so I can't get a carrier bearing out of my head. I've got an SYE on a 241 with double cardan down to the C14 now, so it's got to be all new, no likely donors out there.
The carrier option is certainly the most expensive requiring 2 shafts plus the carrier, but gives a good drive line angle for a shackle flip rear to give me a matching pinion angle and my ~4" lift with stock 3/4 ton packs. The long shaft is cheaper on it's own, but needs a heavier/larger tube, and likely requires either rotating the axle to get a good pinion angle, or some other mechanism to get it where it needs to be to align with the DC joint on the top.
Thoughts and experiences either way?
