drive line shop in southern california?

[phant0omx]

do any of you know of any drive line shop here in so. cal that is reputable? and has great turn around?

i'm going on a trip to death valley this weekend and i just found out my front drive shaft transfer case side is shot. this is on a 2000 grand.

i was told to take it to offroad unlimited in burbank. does anyone have any experience with them?

the other option would be to order a tom woods shaft and get it next day shipped to me. the problem is i would have to install a new yoke to switch to the double cardon u joint, which i have no clue how to do yet.

any help would be great!

thanks.

[swbooking]

J.E. Reel is pretty reputable, i havent used them but heard lots of good things and theyre in Pomona.
http://reeldriveline.com/ltdrive.htm

[freewaydan]

Try Driveline in gardena 310.515.2860 they have done a lot of Yj/Cj's for me, they built my Camaro drivshaft for me in 1 day

[JJsKJ]

I have had good luck w/ JE REEL. Just got a beefy front shaft for my 241OR swap.

[Jason]

I used http://www.driveshaftmasters.com/shafts.html and the turn around time was 1 day. Depending on where in LA you are.

[phant0omx]

thanks guys.

may i ask how the quality of shaft was at both driveline in gardena and drive shaft masters?

i'm not far from either as i work in downtown l.a.

[phant0omx]

also, would you mind telling what kind of shafts you got?

i just gave drive shaft masters a call and was given a rough estimate of $380 for a single u-joint/double carden shaft. thats without new yokes. $60-80 for new yokes, but i was told just reuse the cv type flange thats already there if possible.

what do you guys think?

[NAILER341]

also, would you mind telling what kind of shafts you got?

i just gave drive shaft masters a call and was given a rough estimate of $380 for a single u-joint/double carden shaft. thats without new yokes. $60-80 for new yokes, but i was told just reuse the cv type flange thats already there if possible.

what do you guys think?

that price is high..
another one for you to call might be:
http://www.fourxdoctor.com/
http://www.offroadevolution.com/

both are SO Cal. one in Burbank and one in Fullerton.

[phant0omx]

well, offroad evolution is getting back from moab and will be back tomorrow.

i guess i'll just pull my front ds tonight and take measurements incase i order the tw shaft.

[phant0omx]

I have had good luck w/ JE REEL. Just got a beefy front shaft for my 241OR swap.

if i may ask, how long did it take you to receive your shaft? rough cost? i'm going to call them tomorrow.

[cbremer]

I used http://www.driveshaftmasters.com/shafts.html and the turn around time was 1 day. Depending on where in LA you are.

same here... they built my rear CV shaft in approx. 4 hours, including time to obtain a yoke that they didn't have on hand. i forget the cost, as it's been 4 or 5 years- somewhere in the $325-ish range. in my case, they also threw in an extra 1310 u-joint. :yay:

[phant0omx]

ended up being at j.e. reel for the drive shaft. still roughly ~380 for the double cardan shaft and the new yokes on both sides.

they said it'll be done thursday afternoon/friday morning.

hopefully everything goes fine so i could leave on the friday night for death valley.

thanks for the help guys.

merlin

[phant0omx]

here's an update.

bought my shaft from j.e. reel over in pomona. made in three days and i had them install it since they had a lift there.

cost was $500 with shaft, tc yoke, and cv parts kit.

if you ask if i'm happy with it, i'm not sure how to answer. while it is a strong ds a few things put me in the neutral zone in opinion.

1) from reading forums most people with an early model wj update the front ds to both sides u-joint/double cardan and change out the yokes to match

in my case i asked for u-joint/double cardan and two new yokes to match. what i got was ujoint/ double cardan, new yoke on tc side, but a cv flange to connect to the d30.

2) someone there messed up the measurement of the shaft and made it roughly 1 inch too long. i personally drove down there to have them measure it so i wouldn't mess up with the time constraint i had.

they did make good on their shaft though. they cut rewelded and balanced it.


i have to say also, that i could have told them to change the front cv flange to plain u-joint and install a new yoke, but i retardedly forgot. this could be why it was too long?

it seems to be fine as i tested it in death valley this past weekend with some light wheeling, but at high speeds at 80-85 (i know i shouldn't drive that fast) i can feel some driveline vibes, which i've read can be due to pinion angle, which i can't believe would be a problem with 2 inches of lift.

all in all, they're good guys at j.e. reel. they work fast. their work looks good with the heavy ds.

would i go back? for the price even if i had installed it myself and saved the 65$ shop time it would still cost me $435. i don't think that saving would deter me from giving tom woods a try.

[swbooking]

For future referance:
Drivelines Incorporated in Irvine seemed to be a bunch of really cool guys. Pick up a couple things from them the other day. I think they do all the drive line stuff for moster garage and overhaulin. Outlaw Offroad is also right next door to them...

The addy is
6 McLaren St. Irvine, Ca

[phant0omx]

cool. thanks.