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How to measure drive shafts on a Jeep
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....
Measuring Your Jeep Wrangler JL Front and Rear Shafts
Jeep JL Drive Shafts We build a 1350 series drive shaft for the front and...
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 for $239.00. We...
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 S10 Front Drive Shaft
Our offerings will depend on exactly which version of the 233 transfer case you have...
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....
Measuring Your Chevrolet Colorado, GMC Canyon & H3 Front Drive Shaft
Chevrolet Colorado and H3 Front drive shaft Figure 1: Stock type drive shaft Figure 2:...
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 Nissan Xterra Rear Drive Shaft
We build a drive shaft using 1310 Series U-Joints. Figure 1: Xterra Rear Shaft ...
Measuring Your Dodge Dakota and Durango Driveshafts
Front Drive Shafts Figure 1: Rezeppa to Fixed Yoke Figure 2: Rezeppa to Flange...
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...
General Tech Information
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 proud to serve as your one-stop-shop for all...
Two Piece Front Shaft
Two Piece Front Drive Shaft Our Two Piece Drive Shaft is used in many...
Ultimate Travel, Long Travel Drive Shafts
The ultimate travel drive shaft is used in applications requiring extreme amounts of stroke on...
NP208 Slip Yoke Eliminator Kit
NP 208 SYE Do not confuse ours with other kits here you are required to...
What Size Of U-Joint?
There are a lot of factors to consider when selecting the correct drive shaft. Here...
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
Driveline Geometry 101 The article below offers an in depth eplaination of universal joint operation...
Vibrations (Harmonic)
Please bear with me! I'm really going somewhere here but there are a few precepts...
How To Measure Dive 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...