Has anyone else broke their front drive shaft? cause i did. where the spline goes into the housing into the trans case. luckily the transfer case is intact but the drive shaft is fubar. anyone know of a better replacement other than oem? pics to come later. . .

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2004 KJ Columbia Edition.
89 XJ Budget Beast <------FOR SALE!!!!!! $2,500
02 Ram 5.9L 360

Been There, Done That... Yeah if something gets up ther into the rubber boot on the CV joint then you can pretty much write it off. I was lucky enough to find a good used unit for less than $100 and I was able to install it myself - took a couple of hours but now that I know what's going on I could do it in probably 45 minutes. Good thing is you can remove it and drive safely in 2WD without it until you get it replaced. As far as good replacements, there have been one or two members that got theirs re-built with u-joints, can't remember how much it was but it was around the cost of a new unit.

if mine were to break like that i would replace them with a U joint for sure.

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cactus green 03 sport 3.7
Rusty's coil lift w/ Rancho RSX shocks & 3 ring clevis
custom skids and rock rails ; Surco roof rack w/ hi lift mounted
pioneer cd/aux with Zune mounted on dash; uniden cb with 4' K40 antenna
xeon lights; grill inserts; black wheels; 245/75/16s MTRs
#1281 http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2967585/1

I can't remember who did it but, they got their shaft from Tom Wood's Custom Shafts (http://www.4xshaft.com/index.html).

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Ron


"There are few problems in life the liberal application of duct tape can't solve."

had the same problem ypu have.... twice!! the boots on the cv are junk and tear up way to easy. ive been trying tog et the information to have a custom one made but i cant seem to get ahold of anyone that had one made.

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2003 Jeep LIberty Renegade
Rusty's Offroad 2.5in suspension lift w/ rear rancho shocks, Fastman TB, Beam's 4 point harness', custom D rings up front, Custom flowmaster exhaust, JKS Quick sway bar disco's
Hella 500's, General Grabber AT2's on stock rims with spidertrax
coming soon: Corbeau Moab seats, JBA 6"lift

The problem seems to be with the weak/thin boot not with the CV itself. So if someone can make a stronger/thicker boot that would cure the problem?

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2002 Jeep KJ Sport 3.7L 4x4

245/75-16 Mastercraft Courser HSX, 16x7 Cragar, 2" OME MD Lift, ARB Bumper
AEM Brute Force Cold Air Intake, Flowmaster Super 44 Muffler

Currently working on: Full service on transmission & bed-lining ARB bumper

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I have a Tom Woods front drive shaft. I will e-mail you a pdf document on it if you e-mail me at wasatch@utahbroadband.com. It will give you all the information I have. Note, my rig has a manual transmission so there may be slight differences in shaft length, don't know that part.

Ron

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2002 Silver Sport 4x4 3.7L-5 Speed NV3550 Manual Transmission-NV231J TC-Frankenlift-AllJ Interior Rack-ARB Bumper-Hella Driving Lights-Electric Trailer Brake-Moog LBJs-JBA 4.5 UCAs-Detroit Trutrac (Front)-245/70/16 Dueler A/T Tires-Amsoil EaA201 Air Filter-Tom Woods Custom Front Drive Shaft-Rock Lizard Gecko HD Roof Rails-Onboard Co2