Replacement CJ8 Front Drive Shaft
 

Hi all,

While following a bulldozer through a firebreak, my 82 Scrambler's front
driveshaft snapped in two at the weld (stock front differential). What's
odd is that I didn't hit anything, or do anything worse than spin tires in
very soft dirt (I was in Low-1st & 2nd, though, trying to keep it slow).
The stock front drive shaft seems pretty chintzy, so does anyone out there
have any recommendations on replacement drive shafts? Or should I just
have mine re-welded?

Thanks in advance.
--
Michael White "To protect people from the effects of folly is to
fill the world with fools." -Herbert Spencer, 1891

Re: Replacement CJ8 Front Drive Shaft
 

Hi Michael,
Just go to a machine shop that does that businesses for the local
Hot Rodders and have them turn the ends on a their laths and weld in a
new tube. You might switch to the larger yokes use on older Jeeps and
their larger diameter tubes, remembering the clearance at the starter,
making sure the bump stop and motor mounts are in new condition to keep
as much space between the two as possible. I use a front axle:
http://www.----------.com/pismo.htm
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------

Michael White wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> While following a bulldozer through a firebreak, my 82 Scrambler's front
> driveshaft snapped in two at the weld (stock front differential). What's
> odd is that I didn't hit anything, or do anything worse than spin tires in
> very soft dirt (I was in Low-1st & 2nd, though, trying to keep it slow).
> The stock front drive shaft seems pretty chintzy, so does anyone out there
> have any recommendations on replacement drive shafts? Or should I just
> have mine re-welded?
>
> Thanks in advance.
> --
> Michael White "To protect people from the effects of folly is to
> fill the world with fools." -Herbert Spencer, 1891

Re: Replacement CJ8 Front Drive Shaft
 

Hi Michael,
Just go to a machine shop that does that businesses for the local
Hot Rodders and have them turn the ends on a their laths and weld in a
new tube. You might switch to the larger yokes use on older Jeeps and
their larger diameter tubes, remembering the clearance at the starter,
making sure the bump stop and motor mounts are in new condition to keep
as much space between the two as possible. I use a front axle:
http://www.----------.com/pismo.htm
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------

Michael White wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> While following a bulldozer through a firebreak, my 82 Scrambler's front
> driveshaft snapped in two at the weld (stock front differential). What's
> odd is that I didn't hit anything, or do anything worse than spin tires in
> very soft dirt (I was in Low-1st & 2nd, though, trying to keep it slow).
> The stock front drive shaft seems pretty chintzy, so does anyone out there
> have any recommendations on replacement drive shafts? Or should I just
> have mine re-welded?
>
> Thanks in advance.
> --
> Michael White "To protect people from the effects of folly is to
> fill the world with fools." -Herbert Spencer, 1891

Re: Replacement CJ8 Front Drive Shaft
 

Hi Michael,
Just go to a machine shop that does that businesses for the local
Hot Rodders and have them turn the ends on a their laths and weld in a
new tube. You might switch to the larger yokes use on older Jeeps and
their larger diameter tubes, remembering the clearance at the starter,
making sure the bump stop and motor mounts are in new condition to keep
as much space between the two as possible. I use a front axle:
http://www.----------.com/pismo.htm
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------

Michael White wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> While following a bulldozer through a firebreak, my 82 Scrambler's front
> driveshaft snapped in two at the weld (stock front differential). What's
> odd is that I didn't hit anything, or do anything worse than spin tires in
> very soft dirt (I was in Low-1st & 2nd, though, trying to keep it slow).
> The stock front drive shaft seems pretty chintzy, so does anyone out there
> have any recommendations on replacement drive shafts? Or should I just
> have mine re-welded?
>
> Thanks in advance.
> --
> Michael White "To protect people from the effects of folly is to
> fill the world with fools." -Herbert Spencer, 1891