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18-12-2019
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Full Flexer
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Pakenham
Age: 40
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Wh driveshaft issue after lift
Hey all, put a 2 inch spacer lift in my father in laws crd grand, drove fine for a few weeks he went on a long trip interstate and did some light off-roading, and the front right hand side started making a slight grinding sound at low speeds, the mechanic is claiming the lift has flogged the driveshaft out,the angle they are on, are there driveshafts available to suit the lift or is there a way to improve the angle
Last edited by grandpa_spec; 18-12-2019 at 08:11 AM.
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18-12-2019
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Full Flexer
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Join Date: Apr 2015
Posts: 691 What Jeep do I drive?: WH
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I'll follow this. I have a 2" lift in my WH, no probs in 30,000 km. I've heard aftermarket unis don't have the articulation of OEM ones, so this is something that may have affected yours.
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18-12-2019
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Full Flexer
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Pakenham
Age: 40
Posts: 642 What Jeep do I drive?: WG
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The other side seems fine, he hasn't got a wheel alignment since lifting it, I'm hoping that may be part of the issue or it was just an old shaft that needed replacing anyway
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18-12-2019
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Lowranger Shocker
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: yamba 2464 nsw
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The best drive shafts are genuine 8 ball units.6 ball units are rubbish and do not articulate as well.2 inch lift will not flog out the genuine units,unless huge ks or water / dust has got into them
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20-12-2019
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Newbie
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Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Townsville, QLD
Posts: 40 What Jeep do I drive?: WH
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I can also vouch the stock shafts are far superior than aftermarket ones. I tried a set from Repco and a set from Autobarn, both bound up at the slightest bit of bonnet-rise (I.E torque-rise?). The aftermarket supposed factory-spec shafts are definitely misleading, they are not.
Is it possible your CVs aren't factory ones?
I ended up buying a whole second jeep to salvage the shafts from and although they are 300,000km old they are fine. But when I do my tax return this year I am probably going to put these in as they seem to be the only aftermarket shafts not made cheap from you know where. Also, this is from the US where our WH is the same as their WK in the year range https://www.rcvperformance.com/ultim...ferential.html
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21-12-2019
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Irok Bandit
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Wang NSW
Age: 56
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Front hubs can cause this type of noise as well and they are easy and cheap to replace.
Personally I would pull the suspected shaft and if nothing obvious I would regrease it and refit. Avoid aftermarket shafts unless you can afford RCV's at $2,295.95usd.
https://www.rcvperformance.com/axles...-axle-set.html
And check the T/C CV for a split boot.
Last of all I would check the front diff bushes, when they fail the diff moves around and causes all sorts of knocks and grinds.
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