1 piece driveshaft for second gen

[RickFox]

I have been wondering what everyone's thoughts are about switching to a one piece driveshaft on my qclb second gen. I am thinking it is going to have to an aluminum shaft, something like 5x.125. My concerns are with vibration out of a shaft of this length, and of course in the drag racing safety is a major concern.

Thanks

 

[zstroken]

I have been wondering what everyone's thoughts are about switching to a one piece driveshaft on my qclb second gen. I am thinking it is going to have to an aluminum shaft, something like 5x.125. My concerns are with vibration out of a shaft of this length, and of course in the drag racing safety is a major concern.

Thanks

Why the swap?

 

[RickFox]

Why the swap?

Simplicity

 

[displacedtexan]

I have a friend that switched to a one piece in a megacab. Worked great, he was glad he did it.

 

[JQmile]

Be careful of critical speed if you're going to have high trap speeds.....some good reading here.

http://www.markwilliams.com/driveshafttech.aspx

 

[RickFox]

Be careful of critical speed if you're going to have high trap speeds.....some good reading here.

http://www.markwilliams.com/driveshafttech.aspx

That is exactly one of my concerns Jason and why I was saying it would probably have to be 5" aluminum. That is a good read too.

 

[99GreenCummins]

My brother has one on his 01. He's sled pulling so kinda different but so far its been good and held up to break a pinion shaft on the Dana 70.

 

[zstroken]

I wasn't sure if you were worried about strength of the existing. I had a 4" steel made with 1480 joints and a 1480 carrier bearing.

 

[ecc_33]

I have the same wheel base as you with my factory alumn one piece drive shaft. No issues.

 

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