Longer Front Axleshafts

Rocker7 · **Posted:** Tue Apr 22, 2008 6:51 pm

Does anybody know if somebody makes longer or shorter front axleshafts for the KJ? After my Frankenlift I got so much lift that my inner C/V joints bound up and broke the rubber protective sleeve. The angle is to great for the joint to work properly. Love some help on this I work @ a jeep dealer and I can get the OEM shafts cheap but they will just bust again.

modular · **Posted:** Tue Apr 22, 2008 6:59 pm

Jeepin' by Al has them. Here is a link...

http://jeepinbyal.com/detail.aspx?ID=576

Now, these are shorter but evidently they need to if lifted over 2.5" to stop what is happening to your rig.

Rocker7 · **Posted:** Fri Apr 25, 2008 10:19 pm

So that is all I have to do is shave 3/8 inch off of the inner c/v joint housing? Seems any machine shop could do that? How hard can it be?

tommudd · **Posted:** Fri Apr 25, 2008 10:24 pm

it can be very hard if you dont have the right equipment

tjkj2002 · **Posted:** Fri Apr 25, 2008 10:25 pm

Rocker7 wrote:

So that is all I have to do is shave 3/8 inch off of the inner c/v joint housing? Seems any machine shop could do that? How hard can it be?

The CV cups are harden steel.We looked into it here in CO,it would have cost $300 per cup to cut 3/8" off since it was hardened steel,very hard on machinist lathes.

Dje Ryu · **Posted:** Sat Apr 26, 2008 12:21 am

I'm curious to try it. I cut some pretty hard stuff a lot and our shop only charges $60/hr. I wouldn't think it would take more than that to cut two of them. The machines I'm going to be running in GJ are 3 times as big and 3x the power, too. Maybe you guys could bring the next set over... might be a good idea to bring a junk one to practice on, jic, but I really don't think it would be too difficult.

Jeep Dawg · **Posted:** Thu May 15, 2008 8:56 pm

Intresting. So you guy are saying shorter shafts are better after a frankenlift?

I thought a bit longer would have helped out.

RespectMyLibertay · **Posted:** Thu May 22, 2008 1:57 pm

You need shorter shafts to allow clearance of the clevis at full extension.

durangotang · **Posted:** Thu May 22, 2008 2:36 pm

Does anyone know where one could get a hold of longer CV shafts to fit the KJ?

ROADHAWG · **Posted:** Tue Nov 25, 2008 8:45 pm

I just had mine cut down for $150 each. My cv's are sitting almost level to the ground now and I swear that whole front end is better than ever. It seems like it is a lot easier to steer (alignment is back at factory specs) and it seems to ride a lot nicer too. I think this rates at the top of the list for best money spent on the Jeep.

tommudd · **Posted:** Fri Nov 28, 2008 11:20 am

ROADHAWG wrote:

I just had mine cut down for $150 each. My cv's are sitting almost level to the ground now and I swear that whole front end is better than ever. It seems like it is a lot easier to steer (alignment is back at factory specs) and it seems to ride a lot nicer too. I think this rates at the top of the list for best money spent on the Jeep.

????

how did cutting your CVs make them more level to the ground? And alignment back to factory specs by only doing that ?

tjkj2002 · **Posted:** Fri Nov 28, 2008 9:23 pm

tommudd wrote:

ROADHAWG wrote:

I just had mine cut down for $150 each. My cv's are sitting almost level to the ground now and I swear that whole front end is better than ever. It seems like it is a lot easier to steer (alignment is back at factory specs) and it seems to ride a lot nicer too. I think this rates at the top of the list for best money spent on the Jeep.

????

how did cutting your CVs make them more level to the ground? And alignment back to factory specs by only doing that ?

It's not possible.

tommudd · **Posted:** Fri Nov 28, 2008 9:43 pm

tjkj2002 wrote:

tommudd wrote:

ROADHAWG wrote:

I just had mine cut down for $150 each. My cv's are sitting almost level to the ground now and I swear that whole front end is better than ever. It seems like it is a lot easier to steer (alignment is back at factory specs) and it seems to ride a lot nicer too. I think this rates at the top of the list for best money spent on the Jeep.

????

how did cutting your CVs make them more level to the ground? And alignment back to factory specs by only doing that ?

It's not possible.

waiting on a good story on this one :wink:

KJ04 · **Posted:** Sat Nov 29, 2008 10:43 am

Correct me if I'm wrong..... The only thing I can see that is going to change by cutting 3/8" off the CV cup is, that it will allow for more angle on the front axles in order to increase front lift height and thus decrease CV binding. It doesn't shorten or lenghten the front axles at all.

tommudd · **Posted:** Sat Nov 29, 2008 2:31 pm

KJ04 wrote:

Correct me if I'm wrong..... The only thing I can see that is going to change by cutting 3/8" off the CV cup is, that it will allow for more angle on the front axles in order to increase front lift height and thus decrease CV binding. It doesn't shorten or lenghten the front axles at all.

No correction needed Nick, you are right on the money.
Where it came from that it would help the alignment, make it easier to steer, make it ride better or any of that is ...well not true

Still waiting on a tall tale :lol:

jeepmedic46 · **Posted:** Sat Nov 29, 2008 3:00 pm

So after installing the Frankenlift ,I should get shorter axleshafts?

tommudd · **Posted:** Sat Nov 29, 2008 3:03 pm

icefisher45 wrote:

So after installing the Frankenlift ,I should get shorter axleshafts?

just use the ones you have now, no need to get new ones unless you go above 4 inches plus then they will bind (the stock ones) I have over 113,000 on the stock ones and over 70,000 of that has been lifted, no problems

jeepmedic46 · **Posted:** Sat Nov 29, 2008 3:21 pm

Thank You

jeepmedic46 · **Posted:** Sat Nov 29, 2008 3:21 pm

Thank You, Should I get Als A arms?

KJ04 · **Posted:** Sat Nov 29, 2008 6:54 pm

icefisher45 wrote:

Thank You, Should I get Als A arms?

If your upper A-arms are bad, by all means replace them with Jeepin Al's.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it!

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