Finally broke a driveshaft, Yay!
 

Yay because now I got me Trax-ass driveshafts. And we all know what that means!

http://img115.exs.cx/img115/3180/PB050001.th.jpg

Yeap i got to cut the chassis. Finally. Swapped the links top for bottom. Drilled a hole or four. And, I went back to an inferior shock set-up, for now.
I did this because I wanted ground clearance, and I put the tranny all the way up to the hole once occupied buy a cantilever set-up shock holder thing.
I ground off the bottom mounts of the tranny, and figured the stock cross bracing would make a good brace for the tranny. Couple holes later...


http://img105.exs.cx/img105/6945/PB050007.th.jpg

http://img115.exs.cx/img115/6595/PB050010.th.jpg

Just wanted to share, thanks for the ideas everyone!

Re: Finally broke a driveshaft, Yay!
 

Looks very cool. Good idea on the cross braces. Sounds better than olive oil and JB-quik. :roll:

Re: Finally broke a driveshaft, Yay!
 

Hey you stole that tranny support idea from me! :P Nice work. Is that skidplate lexan / plexiglass? Looks pretty cool, though I'd think the front / rear edges might catch on stuff; angling them up aughta help. What's your wheelbase now?

Re: Finally broke a driveshaft, Yay!
 

The skid plate is made from a thin, flexy plastic, I've been using it for a few months now, so it seems durable. I like it because it's slippery.
The front and rear edges are actually way up out of the way, they follow the curve of the chassis too, eh, we'll see.
The wheelbase is just over 15 inches, measured center to center.

Re: Finally broke a driveshaft, Yay!
 

good work. around here a lower COG is more important that GC. But different terrain means different mods. I like it though.

EDIT: I totally forgot. I was going to say that i did a very similar setup with maxx shafts. I haven't had an issue. I used a uncut male(that's funny) and an uncut female shaft. After fully compressing the suspension in different ways I looked to see how much of the male splines were showing at full compression. Then I took another female shaft and cut it to slide over the male splines so that there just enough travel in the driveshaft to let the susp. work fully. Then glue the cut piece onto the male splines. Make sense?

Re: Finally broke a driveshaft, Yay!
 

Makes sense, yes. Just for added strength?

Oh, and when the shocks get there new location, it won't be sitting in the clouds, but ground clearance is nice on the trail rides.

Re: Finally broke a driveshaft, Yay!
 

Ya, basically you won't the least amount of male splines showing as possible. that way it won't allow it to twist. I'm at 15.25 WB and have about 5/16" of splines showing at rest and none at compression.