The drive shafts arrived today. They are from a 1990 4×4 Sierra. I am very pleased with my first auction win on eBay, they shouldn’t take too much work to refurbish and get looking good as new. The same seller had some difficult to find 100mm non-LSD (equal length) Lobro flanges as well, which he sold to me at a knock down price and no extra postage – bargain!
I decided to go with Lobro (bolt on) shafts instead of Tripod (push in) after much research. The main reason for this choice is that the 3.38 differential that I have is an open differential that I may decide to make limited slip at some point. If I use a viscous coupling from another 7″ differential ( the cheapest option for an LSD) then I will be forced to convert to Lobro, as I will require the unequal length differential flanges. If I use a Quaife then it does not matter. I do not want to have to go to the expense of replacing the entire drive shafts if I do decide to go down the VC route – as always, I am keeping my options as open as I can.
I haven’t decided if I am going to get the shafts themselves shortened by Raw, or if I will go the more expensive route of having some customs shafts made up to the right length. I am concerned about the shortened shafts giving up on a track day, but I will speak to some other Striker owners to find out what they think, and also get Andy Bates’ opinion when I speak to him next.