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Choosing Between Single and Double Cardan Drive Shafts for Your Jeep or Truck
Upgrading to a Double-Cardan Drive Shaft: A Solution for Angle-Related Vibrations If you're upgrading or...
Driveshaft Length After Lift
Does lifting your truck or Jeep change your drive shaft length? How much does a...
Diagnosing Drive Shaft Vibrations
Troubleshooting Driveshaft Vibrations Diagnosing and identifying the cause of drive shaft vibrations and noises can...
DIY U Joint Replacement
U Joint Replacement On this page we show you how to replace u joints at...
Possible Signs of Failing Vehicle Driveshafts
At Tom Wood’s Custom Drive Shafts, it’s our pleasure to serve as the top source...
Slip Yoke Eliminator Installation Purpose and Benefits
At Tom Wood’s Custom Drive Shafts, we're your go-to source for all your Jeep driveshaft...
Ultimate Travel, Long Travel Drive Shafts
The ultimate travel drive shaft is used in applications requiring extreme amounts of stroke on...
Measuring for Custom Buggies and Highly Modified Vehicles
If you are working on a completely custom rock buggy or something so highly modified...
Driveline Geometry 101
Driveshaft Angle Explained This video will demonstrate the proper angles for a drive shaft in...
Vibrations (Harmonic)
Please bear with me! I'm really going somewhere here but there are a few precepts...
How To Measure Drive Shaft Angles
We try to define a slope as the relationship of a single line or plane...
Gold Seal Universal Joint
Long known for our high quality drive shafts, we are proud to announce the introduction...
How to measure drive shafts on a Jeep
Front Drive Shaft Considerations for Jeep Wrangler JL (No FAD)
Front Drive Shaft Considerations for Jeep Wrangler JL (No FAD) While Jeep Wrangler JLs equipped...
Why you need a 1350 series drive shaft in your JL Wrangler.
We don't offer a 1310 series drive shaft for a Jeep JL, only 1350. Or...
Measuring Your ZJ/WJ Grand Cherokee Front Shaft.
Your Jeep may currently have any one of the four following types of front shafts....
Jeep Wrangler TJ Rubicon Front Drive Shaft
The stock Rubicon front drive shaft is a 1330 series CV (double cardan) drive shaft....
JK Jeep Front Drive Shaft Options
JK Front Drive Shaft We custom build all drive shafts to order and, although we can...
JK Jeep Rear Drive Shaft Options
JK Rear Drive Shaft We custom build all drive shafts to order and, although we...
Measuring Your Jeep Wrangler TJ Driveshafts
Jeep TJ drive shaft lengths vary a bit and we want to make sure you...
Measuring Your 2003-2006 TJ & LJ Rubicon CV Rear Driveshaft
Jeep Rubicon Rear Drive Shaft When lifting a Jeep Rubicon we suggest that you position...
Measuring Your WK Jeep Grand Cherokee Front Driveshafts
WK Front Drive Shaft We build a double cardan drive shaft to replace the stock...
Measuring Your Grand Cherokee 231 or 242 Rear Driveshafts
We can build a new stock type drive shaft for your Cherokee. We will need...
Measuring Your Grand Cherokee 247 or 249 Rear Driveshaft
OEM Type Drive Shaft We can build a new stock type drive shaft for your...
Measuring Your XJ Cherokee Driveshafts
XJ Cherokee Front Drive Shafts Jeep XJ drive shaft lengths vary a bit and we...
Measuring Your Jeep Wrangler YJ Driveshafts
Jeep YJ drive shaft lengths vary a bit and we want to make sure you...
Measuring Your Jeep CJ Driveshafts
For all CJ drive shafts, measure as shown below. CJ Front Drive Shaft, Conventional Two...
How to measure drive shafts on a Ford
Measuring Your Early Bronco 1966-1977 Drive Shafts
Some early Bronco’s used Borg-warner type drive shafts. These parts are obsolete and will require...
Ford Trucks Drive Shaft Articles
Please note we do have length restrictions on building some drive shafts. Our equipment is...
Measuring Your Ford Excursion & Expedition Drive Shafts
Ford Excursion’s & Expedition’s used different types of drive shafts both front and rear from...
Measuring Your Full Size Ford Bronco Drive Shaft
The full Size Bronco has used many different size u-joints and attachments both for the...
How to measure drive shafts on a Chevrolet
Measuring Your Chevrolet/GMC 4 Wheel Drive Truck, Blazer, Denali and Suburban Drive Shafts
Chevrolet and GMC have used several different drive shafts from the factory over the years....
How to measure drive shafts on other vehicles
Measuring Your Suzuki Samurai Drive Shafts
Front and Rear The drive shafts we build will use 1310 series u-joint rather than...
Measuring Your Toyota Truck, Mini Truck, Tacoma and Land Cruiser (4WD Only) Drive Shafts
This video is specifically about Tacoma drive shafts but at about 5:30 there is a...
Measuring Your Dodge Ram Trucks and Ram Charger Drive Shafts
Dodge used different types of drive shafts stock from the factory. Please see below for...
Measuring your LandRover/RangeRover Driveshafts
Conventional Two Joint Conventional Double Cardan Multiple Double Cardan With the exception of...