Driveline repair

[Craig]

Well one day I will spend money on a nice driveline, but today is not that day

while doing some test runs getting my FI dialed in I hear this noise, thought it was my t-case. I was comming back from lunch and told my buddy I need to check that out. Well a mile down the road, bang!! I said I guess that will be sonner than later. I was able to use a tie down to hold the driveline up and we drove back in front wheel drive to work. Call my Dad and he brought me my spare driveline ( was the primary until I bent it on fordyce ) but that was better than driving in front wheel drive on a sq driveline.

Not a problem I had a spare Jeep cherokee front driveline in my spares pile. I used those as they have a cv and make a nice rear driveline on the cheap.

Then next thing to do is grind the weld smooth and then use a cutoff wheel to cut through the tube and then smack it with a hammer to get it off. Repete for the damage one.

I then dissaselbe the u-joint as I need to service them and or replace if they look to bad.

I then tap the yoke on making sure it was 90° to the other end. All I have left is to weld it and put it back together.

 

[Mochamike]

I can't really tell from the pix, but couldn't you have just swapped in a new joint & the cv/ball replacement portion on the end of the broken shaft?

 

[Craig]

I was hoping, until I looked and the hosing was busted too..

 

[Mochamike]

I didn't really phrase that properly.
Could you have used the shaft with the broken cv, without cutting off the yoke portion?
(the one on the right). Then just swap on the new cv housing?

 

[Craig]

I had one so it was not a big deal. 15 minutes and both were cut off once I took the good one apart vs the old one I realized I would have been missing the little spring and rubber sleeve thingy. For a trail fix sure, but since I'm at home I wanted to fix it up right. I'm saving up for a stak 3 speed mini, it's about $2,500 to my door. It will give me 3 to 1 and 5 to 1
so once I get that upgrade then I will get a real driveline with1350 cv well now I need to save up even more hopefull within the next year I will have the cash.

 

[Mochamike]

I'm saving up for a stak 3 speed mini, it's about $2,500 to my door. It will give me 3 to 1 and 5 to 1
so once I get that upgrade then I will get a real driveline with1350 cv well now I need to save up even more hopefull within the next year I will have the cash.

Have you thought of a klune or nwf black box with an NP205?

Either would give you 2 to 1, 2.7 to 1, and 5.4 to one, and be about $1k less. (although 5x heavier).

thats what I would do if I could afford it.
I'll end up doing a 241/205 box for rocks, which is pretty much the same thing.

 

[Craig]

That was the original plan. I never came across a good 205 ( 6 bolt round) prices seem to be about $500 for one. Then the nwf at $1600, or klune so your at $2100 and need custom shifters, and a couple new seals for the 205

the weight would help balance out the IH motor

if I had a 241 and 205 the box4rocks is the way to go. The nwf is just a 241 in a round case.

 

[Mochamike]

Yep, I currently have a 2wd sm465/d18 (novak adapter).

I've been acquiring parts for the last two years..

4wd (32 spline) sm465 with adapter to NP208 (standard round).
32 spline np241
2 Ford np205s (one divorced, one married).
4wd sm465 (10 spline)/np203 (stock adapter).
Plus a 32 spline np203.