5" lift what next?
12-18-2013, 03:32 PM
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Hey guys and galls just put a lift in my jeep with a few other things and my rear drive shaft is clicking like crazy, what would you all do next, still has stock front steering and all stock control arms, I could put a driveshaft in the rear for around $600 or could I get away with rear upper control arms adjusted to cure the bad drive shaft angle, they are about $200 and I'm on a tight budget with a 2000 km drive ahead of me in another month, I appreciate all the help I can get thanks
12-18-2013, 04:17 PM
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I recommend either doing upper adj control arms to correct your pinion and hope that your rear shaft lasts once it is corrected (if grease has seeped out it will fail either way) or new driveshafts, but you are going to have issues either way when your pinion angles are off. At your lift height, you need a minimum of upper control arms and driveshafts to do it correctly. I understand you are on a budget, but I am also running close to 5" of lift on 37's and I destroyed my Adams Offroad 1310 shafts bc my pinion angles were off when I took it out for the first time Offroad. I now run upper and lower adjustable control arms in the front with the rock krawler 3 link in the rear and lower adjustable arms (I have the 3.5 RK flex with the 3 link upgrade on my 2 door). I also replaced my blown Adams 1310 shafts for Adams 1350 shafts after the failure. Now that my pinion is correct, I have not a single issue and no vibrations what so ever. Here are some pics of the carnage I suffered:
12-18-2013, 04:22 PM
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See below:
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Originally Posted by FAQ
Q: Are new driveshafts needed after installing a lift?
A: You really should consider installing a new rear double cardin U-joint style drive shaft if you have lifted your Jeep JK Wrangler 3" or more and have a 2-door. This is needed because the short rear drive shaft of the 2-doors will be at a steep enough angle that the CV boots will wear out prematurely. However, in order to do this, you will need to buy a set of rear adjustable upper control arms so that you can properly set your pinion angle.
A: You really should consider installing a new rear double cardin U-joint style drive shaft if you have lifted your Jeep JK Wrangler 3" or more and have a 2-door. This is needed because the short rear drive shaft of the 2-doors will be at a steep enough angle that the CV boots will wear out prematurely. However, in order to do this, you will need to buy a set of rear adjustable upper control arms so that you can properly set your pinion angle.
12-18-2013, 05:06 PM
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Thank you guys I'm going to get the control arms then I'll get the driveshaft the clicking is only on hard acceleration and it doesn't vibrate or anything I can't feel it just the noise when my window is down and my ds boots look fine there are no wear marks or rub marks
12-18-2013, 06:29 PM
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I have a zone 3" lift and the bumper and winch weighed it down some and I started bottoming out on things I never used to so I put 2" spacers in the front with the coil isolator and put the 2" spacers in the rear with out the rubber isolator, still need lots to do, kept the 3" shocks to limit the down travel and took out the bump stop extensions in the front to give me a little more uptravel, with the 33" tires and the cut flares it works
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12-18-2013, 06:34 PM
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Why not pull your 2" spacers for your trip to preserve your ds for the time being? You've got bigger fish to fry if you have 3" coils and had to add 2" spacers to compensate for lost height plus bottoming out on everything.
Did you blindly put the bumpstops in (what you're bottoming out on) or did you measure them based on your tires and cut flares?
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Did you blindly put the bumpstops in (what you're bottoming out on) or did you measure them based on your tires and cut flares?
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12-18-2013, 06:46 PM
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Oh I meant to say I'm destroying my skid plates lol not so much bottoming out, the bump stop extensions where just a spacer that bolts to the axle inside the coil spring, I took them out because they would stop me from flexing more when my springs are still not fully compressed,