Square Driveshafts

[Forrest]

Does anyone have a picture of one? Do they work? What's the cost of building one?

[4x4_MMMH_4x4]

some guy made one out of a 2x4... what do you need a driveshaft for, humor me... :P

[AlaskaToy]

Greengo did a full tech write-up with pix. Don't see it in the tech section anymore though. Try searching on www.pirate4x4.com , there are several writeups there that have weathered time/hacks/pruning a little better than here. ;)

[nate379]

Half the Idaho crowd had a hard on for the ones Jon has on the YJ. haha.

[Jamakeit]

I'll try to post up a pic as soon as I can but the best thing to use is hitch reciever material 2x2 1/4 thick, they are as strong as your welds, cheap to make, and have a ton of travel, on the bad side of things they will vibe like a thunderstick 2000 I will replace my rear with a real shaft when my funds catch back up. Make sure if you make one the u-joint ears are in parallel and you use high clearence ends or you'll have to grind them.

[Jamakeit]

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d180/Jamake-it/TopTruck016.jpg


here's one I could find now but I'll still work on a better tech shot when I get the chance.

[nate379]

Sounds like you have used this "Thunderstick 2000" before... hehehehehe.



I'll try to post up a pic as soon as I can but the best thing to use is hitch reciever material 2x2 1/4 thick, they are as strong as your welds, cheap to make, and have a ton of travel, on the bad side of things they will vibe like a thunderstick 2000 I will replace my rear with a real shaft when my funds catch back up. Make sure if you make one the u-joint ears are in parallel and you use high clearence ends or you'll have to grind them.

[4x4_MMMH_4x4]

you mean thunder**** 2000 haha, i actually saw his square shafts, they were pretty nicely done up, ive debated this idea for my front shaft on the brown truck...