driveshaft help

5.0fox · Apr 9, 2011

Im just finishing up a little build on my 85 bronco2 and need to find a front driveshaft to fit it. It has a dana 35 in the front and an fm146 with a 1354m t-case. Is there any driveshafts that are the right length to bolt right up?

RacinNdrummin · Apr 9, 2011

A driveshaft from an explorer, auto or manual will work. Fm146, M5OD and A4LD are all the same length.

adsm08 · Apr 10, 2011

Pretty much any Ranger, B2, or Explorer front shaft will work as long as it had one of the three aforementioned transmissions.

5.0fox · Apr 10, 2011

I thought that almost any driveshaft from an rbv would work but all the ones I have been able to find local have the bigger u joints in the cardan. Can I take a drive flange off the back of my spare tcase and bolt it to the front of this one to convert it to the bigger joints?

The_Dealer · Apr 10, 2011

You can use an explorer front shaft using the donor vehicles t_case flange and axle flange. The x's front dshaft u joints are bigger then the b2's. I have an explorer front shaft with the cv joint cut off in the rear of my 85. I used the slip stub off a xpo rear shaft and its the right length for my 4.5" lift

Just throwing that in there if your rear needs attention too.

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