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Drive Shaft Phasing: The Key to Smooth Power Transmission Understanding Drive Shaft Phasing Drive shaft phasing might sound like a technical term, but its implications for your vehicle's performance are significant. Essentially, it refers to the proper alignment of the yokes (the connecting parts) at each end of the drive shaft. When these yokes are in phase, they rotate in harmony, ensuring smooth power transmission and minimizing vibrations. Why is Drive Shaft Phasing Crucial? There are two primary reasons why maintaining proper drive shaft phasing is essential: U-Joint Synchronization: The universal joints (U-joints) in your drive shaft allow it to...

On many of our shafts we give you the option of the S spline or X spline. If you choose the X spline you'll get a second set of options, the XB slip yoke and XC slip yoke. Let's break down what that means.  S stands for "short". The S spline is a conventional spline stub that will yield a safe, effective and usable stroke of 3”. X stands for "extended". The X spline is longer than the S spline. The X spline is cut for the full length of the spline stub. This gives a bit more than twice...

1310 and 1350 designate the size and strength of the joints and components we use in the shaft. Just like how an F250 is a bigger and more powerful truck than an F150 a 1350 series shaft is a bigger and stronger shaft than a 1310 series shaft. Bigger does not refer to the length of the shaft though, just the size and strength of the parts. In a Jeep JK, tire size and ring/pinion gear ratio are the biggest determining factors in deciding between the 1310 and 1350 drive shafts. Bigger tires require more effort to move the vehicle...

I don’t have clear answers to this question. As far as I know the answer does not exist. I’ve seen some stuff online if reference to the strength of Toyota joints but it seems that everyone on the forums is just repeating what they themselves read on a forum. Just because a bunch of people repeat something does not make it true. We have data on the strength of a 1310 series u-joint but we don’t have data on the strength of the stock Toyota. There are also a couple different sizes of Toyota joints. I’m finding sites that claim...

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