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Old 03-22-2011, 07:46 PM
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if i was to lift my idi 7 inches ion the front and 6 in the back how much longer will my driveshafts need to be?
 
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Old 03-22-2011, 09:34 PM
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u shouldnt need to lenghten the drive shaft, i had do do my drive shafts but i had 12 inch suspension lift on mine. where are you getting the lift kit from? i would recomend doing a solid front end swap on ur f250 tho because that front end is **** and is a pain in the *** after its been lifted. just my opinion tho.
 
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Old 03-23-2011, 09:08 AM
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i was already planning on putting a dana 60 in it and im gonna build my own kit basically. im getting front springs re arched at a local spring place and putting 6 inch blocks in the back. gonna do the switch to 4.10 gears from 3.54's then ladder bars for thefront and the rear
 
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Old 03-23-2011, 09:41 AM
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the front shaft will need to be custom. along with the trans crossmember. i built my crossmember cause the shaft hit the crossmember bad. cant help ya on lengths. but u will need a double cardan joint at the tcase, maybe even a high angle one. the front output of the tcase points up to the motor sorta, and that angle might be to much for the stock double carden.
 
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Old 03-23-2011, 11:23 AM
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how about the rear?
 
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Old 03-23-2011, 12:07 PM
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rear shouldnt be an issue. might need to be lengthened, but ther joints should be fine.
 
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Old 03-23-2011, 01:02 PM
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any ideas on length?
 
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Old 03-23-2011, 04:52 PM
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nope. what your doing u wont know tilll it is done and at ride height
 
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Old 03-23-2011, 10:43 PM
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yea come to think bout it i changed my front shaft to a shaft with single u-joints on each end, i dont rember what i took it out of but it worked great. i never modified the cross member, i had the truck fully flexed out and the drive shaft didnt touch the cross member
 
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Old 03-24-2011, 09:20 AM
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howmuch did you lift it
 


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