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Broke the rear driveshaft on my old '88 4Runner. 4 cylinder, automatic, 4X4
I am having a dickins of a time finding one. Any help is appreciated.
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Gotta be a transmission or drive line shop around you. They can tell you where or if someone can build you a new one.
If they make one, they will just the cut old tube out and weld in a new one. Of course balance it also.
Shy of a junkyard, it's usually cheaper
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if you got both ends you can get one made in St Aug. FLA
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if you got both ends you can get one made in St Aug. FLA I have all the pieces. The rear yoke is the one with a crack. Where in St Aug? I go there often
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sam frogman can give you the info. i will pm you my #
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sam call frogman Keith for my # i messed up the pm
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done, and done. Left you a message
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Broke the rear driveshaft on my old '88 4Runner. 4 cylinder, automatic, 4X4
I am having a dickins of a time finding one. Any help is appreciated. If you don't have any luck with the frogman, I'd consider calling Driveline Service of Portland. Yeah, way up in the PNW but they have a pretty good reputation with people that I know, and I've had them do a few jobs for me. Been pleased with the work, and I've seen different people from different parts of the country on various forums mention them especially for converting "non-serviceable" driveshafts. They were also able to get me some US-made u-joints, when Spicer started selling Chinese sourced parts for some part numbers. https://www.driveshafts.com/LINK
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I have had no joy looking for a shaft. Did find one for a standard, but it won't fit my auto. Outfit in Jax, DriveLineService seems to be well thought of in the trucking business, and they say they can make it like new. If nothing pops up, I'll drive it up tomorrow and just let them fix it.
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https://4xshaft.com/Hands down the best, fastest driveshaft guy out there. Exactly 1 week from order date to delivery in VA, and lifetime warranty on broken u-joints. Customer service is excellent!
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thanks for all that good contact info
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Drove the rear driveshaft up to Jax, and they say no problems. When I got back to town, I was told the front shaft was broken as well, and in even worse shape. Called DriveLineService back, and they laughed, said to just drop it off and they would make it as good as new.
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the end result was two perfectly rebuilt drive shafts. I believe the critical parts were from NEAPCO. Balanced, trued and installed cost was just under $750.
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I used US-made NEAPCO u-joints for an application where the comparable Spicer product was made in China.
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NEAPCO = New England Auto Products Corporation
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