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That is the double cardan CV shaft. From what I and some people I have been dealing with that won't work at all.
As far as"The shaft guy says they are OK" they might be on paper or a Chevy or whatever but not here.
What you should have is a factory replacement part that has had the shaft lengthened 1-1.5"
Yes all my parts are right off an explorer (reconditioned/NOS/retooled) But the shaft is longer by 1"
Shaft out of phase? I suppose it is possible but the shaft is NOT BALANCED ON THE TRANFERCASE AND DIFF. So what phase is left to be out of?
See this about phase
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I will check on the trany movement I would hope not though it should be fairly solid. it will have some flex for the motor flex and tork.
The tranfercase mount no it does not move at all exp in a circle of course.
the only thing on a stock shaft that can move at all is the U-joint and the CV joint.
The U-joint joint is fixed it can change angle and nothing else.
The CV can change the angle and the length of the shaft but when we added the lift it exceeds the length we need to compensate for angle.
No my shaft does not look like that at all.
Nice pic though.
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Top page third from top on pic is a CV joint style on both ends they also talk about phasing on other problems.
http://www.4xshaft.com/
This is Tom Woods new link
here is a great drawing of what I was trying to show with my water colors
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at the bottom you will see the guts of the CV joint and what it looks like at the top. The gear at the bottom left is the gear that has the c-clip to hold it on the shaft. Consider the spline that you see in the top two left pics as the shaft.
that is a CV joint it can slide in and out and rotate at an angle.
I also found this link.
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