New way to space front drive shaft?

[The Dark Side of Will]

I kind of wish I had a good standard length shaft now instead of the extended ones. They work great but it's such a pain to remove because you have to pull the entire T-case.

Does the dust cover on the transfer-case end of the front shaft still snap into place?

If you have an extended spline fitting, you can still convert to a split shaft like I did for my dad's car ;)

Yeah, the dust cover (grease retainer?) just snaps in. There's a snap ring on the outside of the T-case sprocket snout.

[Kershaw]

Do you really have to drop the T case to remove the jute91 extended shafts?

[nando]

yes. or the front diff, but the transfercase is easier, lol.

Fortunately he gave us a grease nipple so there's not a lot of reason to remove it.

[audiquattrot]

i have this exact spacer in my ix w the same screws. Its' made my Moonlite Motorworks in PA.

[audiquattrot]

here's the link

http://www.moonlitemotorwerks.com/driveshaft

[driftxsequence]

Awesome! Thanks for clearing that up.

[audiquattrot]

Awesome! Thanks for clearing that up.

no prob. They had to modify my existing front driveshaft to thread.

It has held up great throughout the last 4yrs i've been running it.

[audiquattrot]

I just noticed the pic on the Moonlite link I put up looks to be he same as your car. Has a green marking on the driveshaft. I wonder if your car is the same one that they used on their site

[driftxsequence]

Ill check to see if i have a matching serial number by the shaft.

[nando]

The thing I don't like about that spacer is it doesn't have the centering pin for the differential. It may be OK to rely on the bolts to center the driveshaft, but there's a good risk of vibration. I'd also worry about it putting a bit more wear on the splines if it's not aligned correctly.

And with the X5 centering pin you also get a stronger guibo.

[driftxsequence]

Mine still had the centering pin

[Kershaw]

I have the same green marking on my front driveshaft. Wonder what they mean.