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Old 11-22-2015, 11:17 AM   #26
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Re: Lifted Blazers

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Special-K did you lengthen your drive shaft with the 4inch lich and those non-stock axles? I'm considering this right now because I just installed a 4inch lift with 3/4 ton axles and the amount of actual drive shaft yoke engagement of the TC seems questionable to me. It's only about 2 1/2 inches of engagement.

You look very close to coming out on that slip yoke, I think with a 6" lift you are going to have to go to a SYE kit and a CV driveshaft. I would thing that the truck is going to vibrate quite a bit with that much of an angle.

To properly keep your current set up in proper alignment and ujoints working together, you need your t-case and your pinion yoke to be parallel with one another. Pick up a cheap angle finder to see where you're at. Harbor freight was a cheap one I got....probably $10 or $15.
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Old 11-27-2015, 10:21 AM   #27
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Re: Lifted Blazers

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Special-K did you lengthen your drive shaft with the 4inch lich and those non-stock axles? I'm considering this right now because I just installed a 4inch lift with 3/4 ton axles and the amount of actual drive shaft yoke engagement of the TC seems questionable to me. It's only about 2 1/2 inches of engagement.

No. I had the driveshaft from the Suburban the axles came out of and planned on having that shortened. But, when you use a 14-bolt semi-floater like I did, the K/5 driveshaft works out perfect. I just used a conversion u-joint. My intentions were to do that temporarily till I had the Suburban shaft done and swapped-in the 4L80E. But, after running it a while I decided it was fine as it was and I'd rather use the heavier stuff on something else. Drove it 5 years that way before I sold it
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Old 12-01-2015, 11:32 PM   #28
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6" lift on 35x12.50x15s
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