dkmcgowan Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 I'm looking for a rear driveshaft for my 89 Comanche. It's currently 2wd and I will be converted it to 4wd. So it would need to be a rear driveshaft, for an AW4 with an NP231, with a rear Dana 35 axle, with the 6ft bed. I know I can cut my axle down at the shop, which I will do, but I'm not doing the conversion for a 2-3 months and figured I would go ahead and ask, this way I can keep and/or sell a perfectly good 2wd driveshaft if someone needs it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggcnash Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 Actually your best bet is go to JY and find a 1310 shaft very common in 90's vehicles and get it cut down. The original 2wd shaft has the rubber inside I personally couldn't find a shop that would touch it. Just remember check with shops in your area about the cost of cutting one down and balancing with new joints, then factor in the cost of the JY cost if you go that route. You might find out that it's just as cheap to call Tom Woods and get a custom shipped to your door with new joints 200$ good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkmcgowan Posted June 23, 2015 Author Share Posted June 23, 2015 Actually your best bet is go to JY and find a 1310 shaft very common in 90's vehicles and get it cut down. The original 2wd shaft has the rubber inside I personally couldn't find a shop that would touch it. Just remember check with shops in your area about the cost of cutting one down and balancing with new joints, then factor in the cost of the JY cost if you go that route. You might find out that it's just as cheap to call Tom Woods and get a custom shipped to your door with new joints 200$ good luck That was my plan, head to junkyard and get a better shaft to cut down and rebuild. I know I can do that route, figured might as well ask here in case someone is parting one out. I'm also looking out for comanches being parted out in the area, another good way to find them if you get lucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggcnash Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 Yea, my point is by the time I bought a driveshaft 10$ and new joints if I installed them 40-50$, cut down and balanced another 120$ this was cheapest I could find in my area .For a total of 170ish. So that's when I decided to pay 190.32 shipped for a new custom shaft with joints. Just to me your not saving enough or at least I wasn't to go another route. Now what you said about finding an existing Comanche shaft for sale would definitely be the cheapest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkmcgowan Posted June 23, 2015 Author Share Posted June 23, 2015 Yea, my point is by the time I bought a driveshaft 10$ and new joints if I installed them 40-50$, cut down and balanced another 120$ this was cheapest I could find in my area .For a total of 170ish. So that's when I decided to pay 190.32 shipped for a new custom shaft with joints. Just to me your not saving enough or at least I wasn't to go another route. Now what you said about finding an existing Comanche shaft for sale would definitely be the cheapest. I get it, good points... So I if I cannot find a used Comanche one, cheapest safest for fitment route, then maybe a new one is a good idea. I assume I could find the measurements they will need somewhere on the site, will try to find them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggcnash Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 Yep just do a search Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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