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Old Feb 6, 2012 | 12:35 PM
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So I broke my front drive shaft this weekend, and I am looking to replace it. I have found several replacements online, the coast, the Tom Woods, The Rubicon Express....I am looking for more ideas/ comments as to toughness, ease of install, and how you like it. Thanks for all your input.
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Old Feb 6, 2012 | 01:07 PM
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Are you still in the Springs? I have my stock one still if you want it. I replace it with a Coast 1310 after my lift an gears were done.
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Old Feb 6, 2012 | 01:36 PM
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I'm running a Tom Woods shaft and love it... Of course, the fact that they are pretty much local helps. Ease of installation was simple to moderate and no problems so far... Good luck!
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Old Feb 6, 2012 | 02:30 PM
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Originally Posted by hagausaf
Are you still in the Springs? I have my stock one still if you want it. I replace it with a Coast 1310 after my lift an gears were done.

Man, that would be great, when my drive shaft broke, I punched a hole in my transmission, so anything I can do to get the cost under control is AMAZING! I pm'd you with my number.
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Old Feb 6, 2012 | 02:52 PM
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Originally Posted by nate_every
Man, that would be great, when my drive shaft broke, I punched a hole in my transmission, so anything I can do to get the cost under control is AMAZING! I pm'd you with my number.
Yup no problem. Sucks about the tranny though. I know how expensive tranny work can get. Hit me up with an exact time Wed so we can rally up. The driveshaft is pretty new since I pulled it off at about 1200 miles.
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Old Feb 6, 2012 | 05:59 PM
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Just like new!!
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Old Feb 7, 2012 | 05:05 AM
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Originally Posted by wsutwiggy
buy a tom woods, great guys, replaced for free a budies after his springs failed and caused the shft to break. plus i drive by thier shop every day. I have a font, the rear is on my list! buy one!!!!!
Yeah, I hear great things, and I think that is what I will end up going with when I can upgrade, but for right now, haga is really helping me out. I was planning on just upgrading now, then I found the hole in the tranny bell house...it's going to be a couple bucks to fix that, so for now, aftermarket driveshaft is on my very short list of next mods, along with a winch, which would have prevented this whole issue. Thanks for the feedback on the Tom Woods!
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Old Feb 8, 2012 | 08:20 PM
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Just saw that pic of your driveshaft and that looks awful. Still not sure how you managed to shred it like that but hope the new DS works well for you until you can get an aftermarket one.
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Old Feb 9, 2012 | 04:35 AM
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Originally Posted by hagausaf
Just saw that pic of your driveshaft and that looks awful. Still not sure how you managed to shred it like that but hope the new DS works well for you until you can get an aftermarket one.
yeah man, I did a number, chances are I was twisting it before and just didn't know it because the boot was hiding it, then I caught on something and snap
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