Front driveshaft question

[banshee]

Anybody running without a high valosity joint? Meaning extend shaft and replacing HV with standard Ujoint

[gogmorgo]

You mean replacing the constant velocty (CV) jont? Which is already just two matched u-joints? Sounds like more trouble than it's worth to me. What would you be accomplishing?

 

Correct me if I'm wrong, but to do it, not only would you need a longer driveshaft, you'd also need to change your pinion angle so it matches the front T-case angle, instead of just being pointed right at it, which means relocating your control-arm mounts on the axle to correct the caster... and probably relocate the body-side control arm mounts and play with control-arm lengths to keep the pinion angle reasonably constant through the range of axle travel. To do it properly, that is. I imagine on a strictly off-road vehicle you could get away with less.