Drive Shaft

The BII Bandit · Post by **The BII Bandit** » Sun May 14, 2006 2:52 pm

the stock b2 drive shaft seems to be junk (correct me if im wrong). what is a good replacement? it can be out of any vehicle, i live close to a pick n' pull.

DBrown · Post by **DBrown** » Sun May 14, 2006 3:35 pm

if you have the cv axle in the rear, yes, you are right they are junk. I got a replacement from James duff when I blew 2 of them in 6 mo. they were around $200 I think.

eisle89 · Post by **eisle89** » Mon May 15, 2006 4:48 am

about $400

The BII Bandit · Post by **The BII Bandit** » Mon May 15, 2006 2:10 pm

what about salvaging one from another vehicle. i dont want to put a $400 drive shaft in a $500 truck.

eisle89 · Post by **eisle89** » Mon May 15, 2006 7:04 pm

Look at it this way : you would have a $900 truck ....

The BII Bandit · Post by **The BII Bandit** » Tue May 16, 2006 12:19 pm

eisle89 wrote:Look at it this way : you would have a $900 truck ....

True...but i would rather pull one out of an old truck for $20. did they make a normal u-joint axle for the older bronco 2s? if they did ill go get one of those from the pick 'n pull, paint it blue, install some new u-joints and call er a day

Ranger Dave · Post by **Ranger Dave** » Thu May 18, 2006 9:08 am

get one from another BII.They all didnt have the CV type

tekatlarge · Post by **tekatlarge** » Fri May 19, 2006 6:44 pm

The BII Bandit wrote: did they make a normal u-joint axle for the older bronco 2s? if they did ill go get one of those from the pick 'n pull, paint it blue, install some new u-joints and call er a day

I really gotta ask, Is paintin er Blue one of them there durn HIGH TAK sorta things to make er faster?

benleuner · Post by **benleuner** » Sat May 20, 2006 7:23 am

I just swapped out my CV D/Shaft for a U Jointed one....

Go look at the junk yard and you'll find one Im sure.....

Have a look at some other rangers perhaps..

You can always have a shaft cut down to size.,.

ranger5.0 · Post by **ranger5.0** » Sat May 20, 2006 10:15 am

My stock u-joint rear driveline was always failing with the larger tires. It seems that I was changing the u-joints every three months. I decided to use a front drive shaft out of a chevy 4X. I had to shorten it then go find the flange mounts off of a 1977 lincoln mark v. Though I think that you can find them on other vehicles that use the same size u-joint. I did it as an experiment, it work so well that i never changed a u-joint in the rear driveshaft. Eventually I sold it and the new teen age owner ended up exploding the front and the rear still survived.

The BII Bandit · Post by **The BII Bandit** » Mon May 22, 2006 8:16 am

tekatlarge wrote:
The BII Bandit wrote: did they make a normal u-joint axle for the older bronco 2s? if they did ill go get one of those from the pick 'n pull, paint it blue, install some new u-joints and call er a day
I really gotta ask, Is paintin er Blue one of them there durn HIGH TAK sorta things to make er faster?

Well i was thinking that if i painted it blue like a James Duff it would make it look really expensive. I actually couldn't care less. I just dont want the cv shaft. yall no wat i be meanin

redneckwelder · Post by **redneckwelder** » Mon May 22, 2006 5:05 pm

if you live near a yard and know how to weld i suggest you try a front or rear shaft from an older toyota 4x pickup (75 to 85) the flanges are the same and the shafts are pretty strong mine works well

Hair · Post by **Hair** » Mon May 22, 2006 5:23 pm

Try this

NAPA NPR 12833 thru 87

or 88 and later

NAPA PN NPR 12823

The BII Bandit · Post by **The BII Bandit** » Tue May 23, 2006 12:43 am

bubbaredneck69 wrote:if you live near a yard and know how to weld i suggest you try a front or rear shaft from an older toyota 4x pickup (75 to 85) the flanges are the same and the shafts are pretty strong mine works well

do you have to shorten it?

redneckwelder · Post by **redneckwelder** » Tue May 23, 2006 2:40 am

yes you do need to adjust the length but its easy to do

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