Drive shafts...

[JMK]

I just put a RTE 3" lift on my '94 Disco 1 and its pretty much B.A. My question is what drive shafts are the prefered? Tom Woods, GB, or that kit Atlantic british and rovers north sell?

Thanks as always.

JMK

 

[sydskier006]

the kit that atlantic british sell is nice because it creates a solid drive shaft, less to go wrong.

 

[BaldEagle]

i made my own kit, found a used dshaft and bought the flange from the dealer. i had to use the mudshield from the old flange though. it cost me much less than the kit. i wrote a thread about it in nov. 05 (i remember cuz it was thanksgiving) if you want to search for it

 

[montanablur]

I used the kit from British Pacific, Came with all the parts.

Thanks to Marc, it took about an hour to do in a parking lot in Moab.

 

[FIVESPDDISCO]

call will tillery he may have all the parts you need. I just did this on a truck today. AND DONT FORGET THE SPACER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! also get a new seal.

 

[JMK]

i made my own kit, found a used dshaft and bought the flange from the dealer. i had to use the mudshield from the old flange though. it cost me much less than the kit. i wrote a thread about it in nov. 05 (i remember cuz it was thanksgiving) if you want to search for it

If I can do that I will. The question I have is about the pinion angle. Will that pose an issue that I will just have to go out and correct for at a later date?

Thank you

JMK

 

[BaldEagle]

your rear dshaft will be fine with a ujoint and a 3" lift. its the front dshaft that you may experience problems with down the road. the flange kit from dealer came with a new seal, and didnt require a spacer. its the kit from ab that includes the spacer.

 

[FIVESPDDISCO]

we pull one of a parts truck that came with the U joint and it had the spacer ???? maybe the new stuff does not have the spacer. i forgot the seal i think there differnt

 

[BaldEagle]

thats the thing, at the time i knew i had to have one and the guy at the dealer couldnt find anywhere on the pictures any kind of spacer. so i went ahead and bought it, and had AB overnight me a spacer. i installed the genuine flange without the spacer to see if it worked and it worked perfectly and has for 30k miles. i think the difference is in the genuine flange vs. what AB uses?? your mileage may vary is all i can say about it

 

[JMK]

Alright cool. Many thanks to all those who chimed in. Have a good one.

JMK

 

[FIVESPDDISCO]

thats the thing, at the time i knew i had to have one and the guy at the dealer couldnt find anywhere on the pictures any kind of spacer. so i went ahead and bought it, and had AB overnight me a spacer. i installed the genuine flange without the spacer to see if it worked and it worked perfectly and has for 30k miles. i think the difference is in the genuine flange vs. what AB uses?? your mileage may vary is all i can say about it

mine was genuine. i think the few i have done all came from parts truck. ill have to check the rav cd i have on another computer