Carrier bearing front drive line

zukijames

zukijames

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Anyone running a carrier bearing on there front drive line I think my front driveline is going to be like 55 inches and rear 24! With an offset rear dif.

I could re do my front clip and move the motor forward.. But I like the idea of having the weight fairly centered between my axles
 
I have never seen it and honestly I don't think it is necessary unless you want or need it to change directions. I see drive shafts all the time longer than that.
 
lots of buggy guys run them. I ran a 1410 with a pillow block on my old buggy with no issues. Mine was about 40 inches long
 
Jeeps have pretty long front driveshafts also so i dont think you will need one. Just make sure Tom Woods DriveShafts makes it and you'll be fine:)
 
I ran one in 3 of my buggies. The Willys buggy had what Kiel explained, 1410s in a pillow block. I've seen cheaper solutions by finding carriers out of Ford F350s and building your drive lines around that.
 
Bart said:
I ran one in 3 of my buggies. The Willys buggy had what Kiel explained, 1410s in a pillow block. I've seen cheaper solutions by finding carriers out of Ford F350s and building your drive lines around that.
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This is what's on my XJ. I need to re-do it, but the ford carrier is not the problem.
 
I run this on my front drive line. Pillow Block

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Ran the same block on my last buggy. They have a few different inner diameter sizes so choose the one that will press fit what ever yoke, splines or tube you are going to put through it.

Also, FWIW, the bearing will misalign in the carrier block so you don't have to make it an exact straight run from where you mount the block, which is pretty nice.
 
zukijames said:
. I don't really want it hanging down and hitting on things all day
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Guess I need to pay more attention to the buggies, I have never noticed a front carrier bearing on them. Learn something new everyday. My front on my TJ is tucked up pretty high above the belly pan and is above the LCAs too, guess that won't stop me from dropping it on a boulder though...
 
I thought hendrix motorsports used to make a cnc mount that accepted a stock toyota bearing a lot of toy guys used to use back in the day
 
I run one on both of my jeeps to get the ft. dl up out of the rocks and also when the case is flat with a narrowed 60 it puts the pinion too far to the left. (drivers side) They suck at high speed and noise is transfered through chassis. You can set it up so to take out some of the vibes but I wanted clearance. Other than that it works for me.
Talk to tom, don't use a regular carrier brg. use a pillow block.
 
so im a little retarted how does that pillow block work.. mount it to frame.. but then how do you keep the two drive lines connected do run one all the way through it.. and then bolt the two to eachother.. sorry very stupid question i know good thing this isnt pirate
 
zukijames said:
so im a little retarted how does that pillow block work.. mount it to frame.. but then how do you keep the two drive lines connected do run one all the way through it.. and then bolt the two to eachother.. sorry very stupid question i know good thing this isnt pirate
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One driveline goes from the transfer case output through the carrier bearing, and ends in a flange of some sort. The second driveline bolts to the flange, and runs to the axle.
 
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