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OK i'm going the silly route with suspension on my 80 just because i can , and seeking problems before i start reveals some (not all) suffer serious vibration as a result of going too high and putting prop shafts at extreme angles .
I'm aware custom arms and drop boxes , gearbox drop plates etc but as a fail safe back up i've been looking at how some cured the vibration with a double ended double cardan joint prop .
This is not something i wish for and i sincerely hope i never need it , but it would be nice to know there are solutions out there should it turn out that spending too much on suspension ruined my truck , so ..........
All references i've found to this problem are incomplete in specifics , all say the double DC's available have a very short life expectancy and reading between the lines at stuff unsaid i get the feeling penny pinching incomplete suspension set ups are the cause of vibration in any case .
But anyway
Successful cure is claimed several times by taking the double DC prop from a Hilux and having it shortened to fit .
My question is which Hilux ?
I'm aware custom arms and drop boxes , gearbox drop plates etc but as a fail safe back up i've been looking at how some cured the vibration with a double ended double cardan joint prop .
This is not something i wish for and i sincerely hope i never need it , but it would be nice to know there are solutions out there should it turn out that spending too much on suspension ruined my truck , so ..........
All references i've found to this problem are incomplete in specifics , all say the double DC's available have a very short life expectancy and reading between the lines at stuff unsaid i get the feeling penny pinching incomplete suspension set ups are the cause of vibration in any case .
But anyway
Successful cure is claimed several times by taking the double DC prop from a Hilux and having it shortened to fit .
My question is which Hilux ?