New driveshaft
05-09-2011, 06:28 PM
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Man if you haven't had a problem for 10,000 miles maybe you won't (lol). I had a torn driveshaft boot within a month of installing my 2.5 in lift and also knocked the seal on my tranny pan. With my upgraded 4 inch lift, it's now slinging grease from where the front ds connects with the transfer case. Do you have a manual or auto? That makes a difference.
thinking of replacing it with the coast 1310
05-10-2011, 04:00 PM
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---> You do NOT want to be on the freeway when a joint seizes <---
05-11-2011, 02:11 PM
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Originally Posted by nthinuf
Crawl underneath and look at the joints at the tcase end of both driveshafts. You are looking for grease coming out of the little boot, and/or a ring of grease on the undercarriage above the joint. If one of those joints has lost enough grease to start making noise, you'll will want to replace that shaft.
---> You do NOT want to be on the freeway when a joint seizes <---
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Lots of factors involved, so you can't just put a certain mileage value to it. 2doors have short rear shafts. Add 4 inches of lift, and the angles on that shaft are fairly steep. Regardless of flexing offroad, these angles cause the little boot in the rzeppa to be in a constant state of 'pinch', which will eventually wear through it. How soon? Anyones guess. But at that height, you should plan on it happening.
