Alright so I have a 4" lift with 35"s on my '11 JKU and was wondering about upgrading my DS. I hear ppl say you do and you don't need to and basically I'm just looking for reason on why I should or why I really don't have to and what's the best place to get them. I off road maybe 5 times a year and its usually nothing crazy. Any advice would be great. Thanks.

 

While people will say you dont need one, you will.....sooner than later, being that you run 35's with a 4" lift. How many miles do you have on the jeep?

 

I know the pre-2012 don't need them as badly as the 2012 plus.

If you normally wheel with a group I would just keep the OEM one until it breaks. If you are with other people they can get you off the trail if and when that ever happens.

As far as replacement I have a coast front driveshaft I got from northridge and I haven't had any problems with it. About 6 months after I bought the coast driveshaft a new forum sponcer showed up selling "adam's driveshafts" for even cheaper.

https://www.jk-forum.com/forums/spon...e-swag-257243/

I might look that way if I had to buy another.

 

Eventually you will probably need one but not for awhile. I ran 4 inches on 35 for about 15000 miles n my boots and all were fine... I since switched out once i got some money saved up.

 

So basically look into getting them. Are the hard to instal? And I have 9100 miles on my jeep now about 600 with the lift. I don't DD it obviously but I just don't want to be on the trail one day and boom she breaks. So I'd like to know if there needed, when?

 

Seems like these are becoming more popular...

 

The install is actually pretty easy... project jk has a write up:

Project-JK.com - Jeep JK Wrangler Resource » Jeep JK Wrangler Coast Front 1310 Drive Shaft Installation Write-Up

The only problem I had with mine was you need a thin wall 1-1/4 socket to get the nut out of the transfercase.

I installed mine at a buddies house with a lift so it was kind of a pain when we were torquing down the new pinion nut on the axle b/c the jeep wasn't on the ground I had to get inside the Jeep to press the brakes, but since it needed to be torqued to 160ft/lbs, pushing the brakes with the engine off wasn't enough, so we had to start the Jeep to get power brakes in order for me to have enough brake pressure to torque it. If we had done it on the ground it wouldn't have been a problem.

 

You need to do more then just torque the nut.

 

Alright good to know cuz diy is a lot cheaper then going and having it done. Is there anything else recommended to do while I'm changing out the DS?

 

Adamsdrivesahft.com. they have the cheapest rate. 655 for both. They are local in Vegas and ship everywhere.