wayoflife

wow, i can't believe you really have 8" of lift just for 37's, on a 2012 and this is the first time you've had to deal with your drive shaft. well, for what you have and are doing, 1350's are what you want. for the most part, so long as it's balanced well, a driveshaft is a driveshaft with the difference being in the components used. guys like me recommend reel or coast because they use high quality spicer and neapco u-joints standard with their shafts and tom woods doesn't. of course, you don't have to take my advice - afterall, it's your jeep and you're free to use whatever parts you want on it.

Bronco_Bustin

Has anyone tried 4WD or ProComp drivehshafts?

There are a ton of threads on Reel, Coast, and Woods but there are cheaper options and not everyone has trouble busting u-joints so for people on a budget??

Hollidizzle

I respect everyone's advice here. If I knew the answers I wouldn't be asking. I talked to Dave at NR and he recommended a 2011 shaft (1310) due to the length.

I only have 4k miles on it and I didn't really do anything crazy because of that shaft. I got up the money any decided to replace. Dave said it should be here in a couple of weeks. Is there any reason why I wouldn't take the broken shaft out and just run without one until the Coast comes in?

wayoflife

asssuming you are referring to your front shaft, you can pull it without any problems.

Hollidizzle

That's what I figured. Thanks WOL and everyone else

Bustabizz

Honestly Brand doesn't matter a whole lot, most will use Neapco and Spicer parts in the shafts, its the quailty of how they use them, and if they stand behind there products. If its not going to be Off-road a lot or doing a lot of rock crawling 1310 shafts will be just fine. I have ran JE Reel in everything I have wheeled, and they held up great, to even my flat out abuse sometimes.

Also if its just the front right now, you might as well replace the rear too, it won't be long for it either.

69mach1

You'll need a puller to remove both stock yokes as they do not just "slide" off, other than that pretty cake walk. Note you may run into a pinion angle/vibration/ castor problem with the double cardan style driveshaft & 8" of lift Stock CV joints do not have this problem but they can't run high angles either

Hollidizzle

Hopefully it won't be too bad. I have a slight vibe at 65-70 now. Other than that it's really smooth. I have the adjustable arms to fine tune if I have to. Not sure how to do it but I'll cross that bridge when I get there.

Hollidizzle

Well I got the front shaft out. A long extension and an impact gun makes short work. Easy project.

MtraXX

Pretty sick looking... What lift did you install to give you 8"?