DriveShaft Plumbing

[White]

Anyone replace there driveshaft with dom or Sch 40 Pipe ?
Just thinking it would be stronger.

 

[ChuginSudz]

Anyone replace there driveshaft with dom or Sch 40 Pipe ?
Just thinking it would be stronger.

why would you want to? - are you twisting / bending ds tubes?

 

[White]

yes

 

[far_right]

you need to use 2" reciever tube. wont bend. and easy to make if you can weld. another thing is how are you goin to get it to slip, i doubt you have the ability to spline your own shafts....

 

[White]

Thinking of choping a shaft and just replacing the tube part. Keeping the original slip yoke and u-joints.

 

[TwistedCU]

That would be a delicate job keeping it all centered and balanced. Sounds cool though take pics!

 

[White]

Was told its too heave to ballance, So I tried it out.
Working good so far. :mrgreen:

 

[frankiefire702]

Looks good Tom!

 

[ChuginSudz]

& it looks like you managed to keep it in phase...

 

[TwistedCU]

That bowtie prolly just balanced it out perfectly!!! Looks like some nice welding there.

 

[White]

Even my jack is GM. :mrgreen:

I have seen people use hose clamps to ballance there driveshaft.
I guess the just move the clamp around untill it stoped vibrating.
I just got lucky with keeping it stright.

 

[jps4jeep]

Interesting! You never seam to amaze me Tom! and when I read the sch 40 part, the first thing that cam eot my mind was sch 40 PVC, I was Laughing so hard!!!

 

[Joopin]

Tom White's Custom Driveshafts

Looks good dude, nice job.

 

[White]

Regearing 2.5 L YJ

Come on Johnny, everyone knows you can't use plastic pipe for a driveshaft. A rollbar ok, but not a driveshaft.