Had a custom drive shaft put in from Wenco Yesterday. Thanks Eric (1slowz71) for showing me this place. The old drive shaft was rubbing on a cross member under the bed of the truck after I did my 2/4 drop a year ago. I didn't realize how bad it had gotten. Tundra aluminum drive shafts are not that thick and i had at least a 1/8" grove.





The new drive shaft is made of steel and has a smaller diameter but is slightly thicker.





Acceleration off the line seems a little better but it could just be in my head. Any one know if this will help/hurt performance or will it be the same?

 

Damn!!!! You almost lost that thing! Im not sure if it would make much of a difference. I know a lighter drive shaft works similar to lighter wheels in the way of rotational mass but I have never looked into it much or ridden before and after a major change. I would almost be tempted to cut it open just to see how much material you actually had left.

 

Yeah I guess the bigger the diameter the thinner the wall can be. That's why Toyota uses 5" diameter aluminum tubing. The guy at wenco said I was about 1-2 good hits from snapping that sucker. It also had a slight wobble on the freeway that caused a little vibration.

 

Man i hadent see this ! But man that new driveshaft looks freaken great i'm glad it all worked out for you jason , i think i'm gonna need 1 perty soon as well , i was actully shock at how in expensive it was !

 

Yeah man, it was actually a little less than what they quoted me. $357.58 out the door, install included. I can only imagine how much Toyota would have charged me.

 

pretty strong stock driveshaft if you ask me. A gm driveshaft would have blown up, and taken everything out...

 

Is the place you had it done in LA or further south? I'm going to start looking at getting a new driveshaft and a tune, as well as a couple bolt-on if I can swing it. Less than $400 for a tough new driveshaft (installed!) doesn't sound bad at all, especially if it lets me ditch the speed limiter and really get into the throttle

 

(rjw) its located in the san fernando valley in the city of van nuys , its called WENCO INDUSTRIES!

yo jason and even if you would have gone to a toyota dealer like you hade told me ! a year or so down the line you would have hade the same problem !

 

yeah, true. Whats funny is TRD sells a drop kit too. I wonder how their kit differs from the McGaughys kit. I would imagine that it would have the same problem hitting the cross member.