no one has cause no one has had issues with them breaking if you keep up on maintenance and pay attention. is your truck a full blown power house that needs one if not don't even think of one

 

Incorrect Mr. Moz. Brewer15650 broke his driveshaft while on a dyno a few years back. Had catastrophic effects as well. Punctured (full) fuel tank, damaged both cab and bed. He ended up having a new drive shaft made, rather than going with an OEM replacement.

 

i need to just flip the carrier bearing .. mines binding likehell again

 

but didnt he have that aluminum driveshaft that some of the 4x4's have?

 

Is anyone running a driveshaft safetly loop used to prevent the driveshaft from flopping around (and potentially pole vaulting the truck) if the front U-joint breaks on a regular cab truck? If so, can you post up some pix of how you mounted it?

My regular cab has a frame cross member between the transmission cross member and rear axle that should prevent the driveshaft from dropping to the road but it could still flop around pretty violently if the front U-joint were to break. I need to install one for my trip to Bonneville this year as the land speed racing class that I will be running in requires it.

I haven't done a test fit yet but I'm thinking that I can take one half of the safety loop and mount it over the crossmember I mentioned to contain the driveshaft. And I'm also looking to see how others have done it, if there are any that have!

Bob

is your truck a full blown power house that needs one if not don't even think of one

maybe reading isn't your strong point. :shrug:

For the loop, I'd go ahead and mount the full loop in front of or behind the crossmember you speak of. Just using half the loop could give the tech guys a reason to give you a hard time about it.

 

idk ON A REG CAB BUT, IS THERE A "MIDPOINT" THE DRIVESHAFT THAT YOU COULD MOUNT IT? i WOULD THINK THIS WOULD BE GOOD IF IT LET GO AT EITHER END.

 

Don't waste your time with a bent flat plate loop. Just get a pair of 180 bends on a 5" radius. 1.5" - .1875" wall tube.

Here's one we installed on an S10. Not sure about Bonneville, but it's SCCA and NHRA legal:

 

Thanks for the info guys. I need to drain and refill my rear axle this weekend so while I've got the truck up in the air I'll be looking over the safety loop possibilities, too.

Thanks KB for the photo and plan. That's one beefy loop!