Stock Front Driveshaft Life on 3"
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Stock Front Driveshaft Life on 3"
So how long can I expect my front driveshaft to last before it explodes like the rear? I am at 11k miles and it is still hanging in there.
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my stock lasted one day of wheelin I flexed enough to allow the driveshaft to contact the skip/exhaust pipe and it tore the boot so I just had a new one built for me. you can run without the boot if it tears but it wont be long before dirt and grime destroy the driveshaft.
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I got 13k on my front (rear has been replaced) and it's still going strong. BUT, I don't get to wheel as often as alot of the folks on here. So it all depends on how hard and often you wheel it...and even then it may last a while or it may bust the first time
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Front driveshaft boot.
I just had my driveshaft replaced under warranty because they still don't have just a boot replacement. It looks smaller in diameter than the origional. Did they change the design? It has a U-joint on the diff end which I don't remember on the origional. I have a TF 3" lift on and the clamp caught the tranny pan wheeling in Moab in July. The driveshafts had over 10,000km on them and were trouble free to this point. I new the boot would get torn as soon as it saw some serious wheeling and was going to put a different driveshaft up front eventually. Now I have to go look at an 07 front driveshaft and see if its different.