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USMC4 05-18-2010 04:23 PM

Driveshaft Replacement
 
Hi everyone.I am new to offroading in a vehicle. I own a 1991 Samurai w/fuel injection with a SPOA Kit sitting on 33s etc and lost a drive shaft while driving on the street. I purchased this vehicle already trail ready or so I thought. I could not recover the driveshaft and need to replace it. Any suggestions?

8UP 05-18-2010 05:21 PM

If you don't have any luck here you might try Gotmudd website. Samurai guy's hang out there and stuff goes fairly cheap.

USMC4 05-18-2010 10:26 PM

Thank you both for the suggestions. I will contact them both and post the results.

hotrod 05-19-2010 07:00 AM

B & T joint and shaft in milford. Talk to dave they made me one helluva shaft back in october.

WrenchMonkey 05-19-2010 09:49 AM

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Originally Posted by hotrod (Post 38329)
B & T joint and shaft in milford...

Ford quoted me $300 to pop a ujoint in the axleshaft of my F250.

B&T did it for $80.

That made me happy.

Robert

itbrokeagain 05-19-2010 06:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WrenchMonkey (Post 38331)
Ford quoted me $300 to pop a ujoint in the axleshaft of my F250.

B&T did it for $80.

That made me happy.

Robert

Why didnt you do it?

sarge 05-19-2010 07:08 PM

X2 .... We both would have been happy and I would have done it for half :D


Quote:

Originally Posted by itbrokeagain (Post 38339)
Why didnt you do it?


WrenchMonkey 05-20-2010 01:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by itbrokeagain (Post 38339)
Why didnt you do it?

Damn thing's as big around as a loaf of bread, there's no way it'd fit in my vise.

Besides, a cheap "brute force" joint was like $35, the Timkin they put in was $50.

It was just $25 labor, and then tax.

Robert

hotrod 05-20-2010 07:32 AM

ya b&t made me a rear shaft for my sammi, used a scout front shaft that i had laying around so it has beefier u-joints and they machined new flange yokes for me when they did it to fit my stock sammi t case and axle flanges, did it all in a day, picked it up from my work in the am and returned it to my work in the pm before i left for the day all for $165 :beers:

KargoMaster 05-20-2010 09:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WrenchMonkey (Post 38349)
Damn thing's as big around as a loaf of bread, there's no way it'd fit in my vise.

Robert

Two things... A 1410 u-joint (I'm assuming that's what it was) is twigs and toothpicks compared to the Rockwell junk... the endcap is as big around as a loaf of bread!!

And not to start another argument, but I've also always been told that pressing in a vise/press is less favorable to a BFH because it's easier to bend ears or get tweaked in the press....

Any thoughts?

Hope Springs Hauler 05-20-2010 10:23 PM

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Originally Posted by KargoMaster (Post 38380)

And not to start another argument, but I've also always been told that pressing in a vise/press is less favorable to a BFH because it's easier to bend ears or get tweaked in the press....

Any thoughts?

If that happens, get better sockets. I mean collets :D
I find the finesse of a press tends to reshape less things.

hotrod 05-20-2010 10:42 PM

when i use a BFH the needle bearings come out, never fails to piss me off and usually $41+ start flying :o i prefer a press/ vise much less of a headache for me.

WrenchMonkey 05-20-2010 11:43 PM

I do both: Squeeze it tight, then tap the side to get it to move.

Works for me.

Robert

TheJeepGuy 05-21-2010 09:07 AM

u joint replacement
 
A couple of other items that help with the assembly is to lightly clean the holes with some emerypaper and spray....just enough to remove the rust and shine the holes up some.This really helps the cups slide in when using a vise or press.Most important start the cups straight with the holes and don't forget to spray everything down first.A little detail goes a long way.

944drsk 05-21-2010 01:16 PM

Does the anyone have a phone # for B&T, not in the Yellowpages.Looking for a front DS for the 4runnner. Thanks, Brett

WrenchMonkey 05-22-2010 01:44 AM

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Originally Posted by 944drsk (Post 38397)
Does the anyone have a phone # for B&T, not in the Yellowpages.Looking for a front DS for the 4runnner. Thanks, Brett

513-575-4200

:beers:

itbrokeagain 05-22-2010 11:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 944drsk (Post 38397)
Does the anyone have a phone # for B&T, not in the Yellowpages.Looking for a front DS for the 4runnner. Thanks, Brett

Not sure if they are open. Drove past the shop on 28 a few weeks ago and it looked like it was closed up.

WrenchMonkey 05-22-2010 02:17 PM

On 28? The place I went to was around the corner, on Branch Hill-Guinea Pike.

They just did my other shaft in the middle of April.

They are closed weekends, though.

Robert

BTDRIVESHAFT 06-08-2010 09:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by itbrokeagain (Post 38425)
Not sure if they are open. Drove past the shop on 28 a few weeks ago and it looked like it was closed up.


were open still just right around the corner at 6057 branch hill guinea pk

itbrokeagain 06-08-2010 10:15 PM

Been a while since I have been there. Did it used to be on 28?

eighty3bronco 06-09-2010 08:40 AM

yes it was. right next to Branch Hill guinea pk across from the shell station


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