Front driveline vibes???
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Front driveline vibes???
So my 3" lift is probably more like 4 1/2 inches> I put in a SYE and CV rear drive shaft. It took 8 degrees worth of axle shims in the rear to get the CV shaft pointing to the correct angles. The rear driveline vibes seem to be gone, but the front is still vibrating pretty bad. How do you fix that? The steering geometry has to be right, so it's not like I can change the driveline angle. A little help please...
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So my 3" lift is probably more like 4 1/2 inches> I put in a SYE and CV rear drive shaft. It took 8 degrees worth of axle shims in the rear to get the CV shaft pointing to the correct angles. The rear driveline vibes seem to be gone, but the front is still vibrating pretty bad. How do you fix that? The steering geometry has to be right, so it's not like I can change the driveline angle. A little help please...
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So my 3" lift is probably more like 4 1/2 inches> I put in a SYE and CV rear drive shaft. It took 8 degrees worth of axle shims in the rear to get the CV shaft pointing to the correct angles. The rear driveline vibes seem to be gone, but the front is still vibrating pretty bad. How do you fix that? The steering geometry has to be right, so it's not like I can change the driveline angle. A little help please...
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I took out my front drive shaft and the thing drives perfect, with no vibes. My front pinion is pretty level, like it was not a lifted vehicle. I have aftermarket longer lower control arms but stock uppers. If I put on longer adjustable upper control arms to bring the pinion angle up, it will screw up the steering geometry right??? So what is the happy medium? Or do I just make the front pinion in line with the front driveshaft and let the steering wander all over the place? What have you guys done.
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I took out my front drive shaft and the thing drives perfect, with no vibes. My front pinion is pretty level, like it was not a lifted vehicle. I have aftermarket longer lower control arms but stock uppers. If I put on longer adjustable upper control arms to bring the pinion angle up, it will screw up the steering geometry right??? So what is the happy medium? Or do I just make the front pinion in line with the front driveshaft and let the steering wander all over the place? What have you guys done.
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My front pinion is pretty level, like it was not a lifted vehicle. I have aftermarket longer lower control arms but stock uppers. If I put on longer adjustable upper control arms to bring the pinion angle up, it will screw up the steering geometry right??? So what is the happy medium?
At this point though you're getting into the range of lift where you really should either get drop brackets or long arms though because your LCA angle has got to be getting pretty steep by now.
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Yes the driveshaft has a slip yoke within itself. http://www.4wheelparts.com/Drivetrai...FRJZhgodj18A1Q
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Yes the driveshaft has a slip yoke within itself. http://www.4wheelparts.com/Drivetrai...FRJZhgodj18A1Q
As I said, there is no slip yoke on the front drive shaft.
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That is the slip joint aka slip yoke for a front shaft.
Here's another for you. All splined "slip yokes". I know what I'm talking about man.
http://www.dennysdriveshaft.com/c451...riveshaft.html
Here's another for you. All splined "slip yokes". I know what I'm talking about man.
http://www.dennysdriveshaft.com/c451...riveshaft.html
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