Not sure if this is the correct forum to put this in, but it does have something to do with this generation. I was looking at the Superlift 3"/4" kit... I knew some of y'all have one on yer trucks. Did you get the replacement driveshaft they offer? If not, did you have any problems with your stock one? I know that the company says that it will wear out after 20k-30k post-lifting. Just out of curiosity, since I might be getting one... I would love to save $500 if I can.
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Or I could get this one... RCD 5" kit, from someone on ranger-forums http://www.ranger-forums.com/showthread.php?t=127302 It looks to be in pretty good shape
When you add the superlift, the front driveshaft has to be replaced with the one provided with the kit, the rear stays
Really? Alright, cool. Although I might just get it with the kit. That would be easier, and I would have a warranty with it through A&A.
Because the diff is dropped away from the frame, the angle of the shaft on the tcase side is greatly increased. This over time will wipe out the CV on the stock 98+ shaft. It's not a matter of if it'll fail, but rather when it will fail. I got 4k out of mine after the lift. The truck had only 70k or so when the lift went on. The Superlift shaft basically is a 95-97 Explorer shaft that's been shortened, and an adapter attached. There are alternatives to the Superlift shaft. You could swap in an older 90-97 BW1354 manual shift transfer case, and run a rebuilt 95-97 Explorer shaft. Or do what I did....got a NOS(brand new old stock) 97 explorer shaft, the exact adapter Superlift shafts have from Neapco, and a little shortening job... BAM! I have the $500-600 Superlift shaft for a grand total of under $300 using BRAND NEW PARTS. That's darn near what I paid for the Superlift! lol. You can do the same thing too using a 95-97 explorer shaft, rebuilding it, shorten it, getting the adapter, etc. Should run ya in the $200-250 range.
That superlift shaft looks IDENTICAL to my ranger's front shaft. It has a double cardon on it. Wouldnt that be the ideal swap? That and grab a yoke off of a 1354 transfer case.
Best bet would be to grab a driveshaft off of a 3rd gen ranger/explorer and grab the yoke off the driveshaft. Be it electric shift OR manual, it shouldnt matter. They'll be the same splines. Good luck and report back with your findings... Gotta love the internet. All of us putting our heads together is amazing sometimes isnt it?
are if your like me you can do the swap for under 60 bucks 95-97 explorer shaft and then a 93-97 ranger front yoke and shaft and swap it into the t case you have now.. it saves you from haveing to buy that 200.00 adaptor and then haveing to shorten your d shaft.. its all in my how to
no factory d shaft can be used with that kit.. also keep in mind that kit is no longer in production.. so parts can be hard to find
I knew that. I've seen a few used ones around, and they seem to have all the parts with em. I'm sure I can piece it together, and if need be, have a buddy make some of the parts I may need.
While it does look identical to your TTB's shaft, it's not. It's shorter, and requires an adapter to fit to all 98+ Tcases with the CV tcase joint... Stock shaft vs. Shortened 95-97 Expo shaft(w/o adapter shown) When trying to piece together my '02 1354M case back to working order using a '95 1354M as a backhalf donor, I got stuck when trying to get the '95 front output yoke removed from the case to convert it to 98+ standard to use my already made shaft. What'd you use in that tight little hole to loosen the nut???? Even then, not all would have the competency to pull a case almost completely apart to convert. I'm comfortable with it, but most probably wouldn't be. You will need the shaft when the "triangular" axle bracket snaps in half and causes the pinion to slap up and down eating into a crossmemeber and wipes out your shaft 'cause RCD didn't do their R&D to their fullest potential...
