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Old 02-19-2015, 09:15 PM   #220
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Originally Posted by skye67 View Post
Hi, has anybody pointed out going to aluminum driveshaft you lose a u-joint? I'm not a rocket scientist or physicist but I have built off road trucks and loathe u- joints. living with one less u- joint in my drive train is enough for me to go to a solid aluminum driveshaft..


Hate to be "that guy" but it's an entirely different issue on offroad trucks.


- Crazy amounts of torque by using low range transfer cases.
- Bad angles that the U-joints aren't designed for.
- If bad angles are used, they use a double U-joint as a CV joint to get around the angle so the u-joints don't fail.


None of those issues effect this chassis as it's not a live axle and the two piece shaft is more likely to counter critical speed issues...
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