you are not wrong... i can't wait to get them into the mud
today i did my rear driveshaft... that thing is HEAVY... I used a cherokee front shaft.. i was gonna have a specialist do it, but I decided that I would try to tackle it... So I found that 2"ID pipe fit just about perfectly over the original shaft... it required 3 wraps of electrical tape around the shaft to fit VERY snug into the pipe.... I cut the shaft to size so that when placed back together, there was a cut perfectly in the middle... I then measured the inside length of the shaft and cut a piece of 1.5" pipe, tape wrapped it, and used it for more inner durability, basically sleeving the inside... then I put the outter sleeve over one side of the shaft, then inserted the other side of the shaft between the inner/outter sleeves... Next step was to line up the yokes... that was basically done by setting the shaft on a flat surface and making sure the yokes both sat perfectly flat on the bench... Next came the welds... I used the shaft's previous welds as stops for my outter sleeve... the sleeve and the previous welds made a perfect 3/16" channel to weld into... so i basically filled that channel making sure the weld burnt into each piece... then I went to the grinder to make sure I didn't have anything sticking out, and basically cleaned up the welds so that it kept pretty good balance... painted it black (only color sitting around, could have been neon pink if that's what was sitting around) and there she was... headed to the zone to get some new straps and whatnot... jumped under the ol' monster and installed his new shaft... works great, no wobbling yet...
Haven't driving it too fast yet... still no inspection, can't really go too far... plus I have no shocks and have not figured out what I doing with the front tracbar yet
And you can bet your soul that I'll be taking a load of pics, including video when I get that out in the mud for the first time
