I am having Off Road Evo install 5.13's next week but since I have a 4" lift I figured I should install driveshafts at the same time. After reading all the threads I could find I ordered from Tom Woods. They built them and shipped quickly. Unfortunately I do not think UPS could have trashed these things any worse!! Here is the front one:



Question is would you use them? When I pull the shafts out of the box they look ok but I am aftaid if they were whacked out of alignment they could grenade the transfer case. This is my daily driver so I do not have the luxury to just let it sit there and wait for replacements.

 

Mine showed up with two smashed zerks and missing most of the paint. I gave it a good look over with a level to make sure it was still straight and stuck the thing under the Jeep. It now has about 5k miles on it and still no vibrations at all.

I guess my point is that if a rough time in shipping is too much for the shaft it definitely won't last long under most of our Jeeps.

 

If it looks trashed then like you already did.. take pictures! Then I would call Tom Woods and let them know the condition and forward the pics. That way they are aware of the situation. I would wait and see what they said before installing them. Just my

 

Man, torn smashed boxes don't always equate to a f'd driveshaft. They're heavy bouncin around in that box. Stick It under and run it. Unless of course your ds is bent in the same angle as the box. Haha

 

Plus, if evo puts them in, I'm sure they' know if they're f'd or not.

 

Same angle as the box ... would not be good.

 

I called them first thing and they seemed like they were unsure of what to do. they finally decided on the "try it and see" theory.

 

Man if it's bent at 30 degrees like the box, you'll most likely feel a wobble

 

good point. I guess I am only hesitant because it is my daily driver with a 24 mile commute and my boss will not accept "I can't go to work because UPS jacked up my aftermarket driveshafts!!

 

Eyeballing it looks ok but my eyes are not a precision QC instrument. I was just hoping to hear more reports like post #2 who had similarly crushed boxes with good shafts!!