North Plains Drifter
Well-Known Member
I built this driveline a year ago and had really good luck with it. I thought I'd share how easy it was to build.
The short version~
I used 2 1/2x2 1/2 receiver tube for the outside and 2" tube for the inside. I cut the yokes off my old driveline leaving plenty of the old tube. Then cut a couple of chunks of the inner tube and then ground down the yoke to center the one yoke for the outer part then welded that in. The other yoke I just shimmed it to center and then welded it to the smaller tube. I was lucky that I didn't have to do much grinding or shimming to get everything centered. I welded a bunch of spots on the inner tube then ground them to get a more snug fit. I hope I won't get much noise from it now. If it gets loose I can always put a few more spot welds on again.
I have yet to have a problem with it, I've even had it at Florence doing high speeds with no vibration. I didn't put any grease zerks in it because I wanted to run it dry. I was afraid the grease would collect sand and grit. I can hear a little clanking running down the trails so it might be time to weld some more nipples on.
Over all I can't be more happy for the money I spent.
The short version~
I used 2 1/2x2 1/2 receiver tube for the outside and 2" tube for the inside. I cut the yokes off my old driveline leaving plenty of the old tube. Then cut a couple of chunks of the inner tube and then ground down the yoke to center the one yoke for the outer part then welded that in. The other yoke I just shimmed it to center and then welded it to the smaller tube. I was lucky that I didn't have to do much grinding or shimming to get everything centered. I welded a bunch of spots on the inner tube then ground them to get a more snug fit. I hope I won't get much noise from it now. If it gets loose I can always put a few more spot welds on again.
I have yet to have a problem with it, I've even had it at Florence doing high speeds with no vibration. I didn't put any grease zerks in it because I wanted to run it dry. I was afraid the grease would collect sand and grit. I can hear a little clanking running down the trails so it might be time to weld some more nipples on.
Over all I can't be more happy for the money I spent.
