Help with front drive shaft rubbing skid plate on TJ

Okay, so I finished (sorta), installing my 4.5" Rubicon lift short arm.
I have the auto transmission and if I accelreate hard the front shaft
rubs on the trans skid plate. I have since pulled the trans skid
plate. Anyone else have this issue? I could fabricate a new bracket I
suppose. Does anyone make a skid plate after market for the TJ Trans?

I still need to adjust the pinion a little more, I get vibes at 65 and
up. If the pinion is perfectly setup what speed are typical of the
vibes?


Thanks

ULB

How much of the plate rubs the shaft? Would it be possible to notch the skid
plate?

Carl


"ULB" > wrote in message
ups.com...
> Okay, so I finished (sorta), installing my 4.5" Rubicon lift short arm.
> I have the auto transmission and if I accelreate hard the front shaft
> rubs on the trans skid plate. I have since pulled the trans skid
> plate. Anyone else have this issue? I could fabricate a new bracket I
> suppose. Does anyone make a skid plate after market for the TJ Trans?
>
> I still need to adjust the pinion a little more, I get vibes at 65 and
> up. If the pinion is perfectly setup what speed are typical of the
> vibes?
>
>
> Thanks
>
> ULB
>

Carl wrote:
> How much of the plate rubs the shaft? Would it be possible to notch the skid
> plate?
>
> Carl
>
>
It barely rubs that I can see, but I only drove it for 2 miles seeing
how it would handle with a couple of fast starts. I am kinda worried
that on full flex it would brake a ujoint etc. I am fairly certain I
could torch a small section out. I called up RE and they said
something to the effect of "you must custom fabricate something". they
said it was not an issue with the manual tranny. Weird. I did some
other research and it looks like tomken and skidrow sell an after
market skid plate.

I wonder if this common on the auto tranny as I did a boatload or
reading up and never saw a post regarding it. Perhaps most run manual
tranny. Would have went manual, but in SoCal, auto is necessary unless
you want a left leg the size of a tree trunk.

I would just cut the stock plate to work. If the money isn't a problem then
get the new skid plate.

Carl


"ULB" > wrote in message
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>
> Carl wrote:
>> How much of the plate rubs the shaft? Would it be possible to notch the
>> skid
>> plate?
>>
>> Carl
>>
>>
> It barely rubs that I can see, but I only drove it for 2 miles seeing
> how it would handle with a couple of fast starts. I am kinda worried
> that on full flex it would brake a ujoint etc. I am fairly certain I
> could torch a small section out. I called up RE and they said
> something to the effect of "you must custom fabricate something". they
> said it was not an issue with the manual tranny. Weird. I did some
> other research and it looks like tomken and skidrow sell an after
> market skid plate.
>
> I wonder if this common on the auto tranny as I did a boatload or
> reading up and never saw a post regarding it. Perhaps most run manual
> tranny. Would have went manual, but in SoCal, auto is necessary unless
> you want a left leg the size of a tree trunk.
>

I know folks that have had to notch the skid plate for their lift to work.

When your pinion is set up properly, you should be able to do 85+ mph
with no vibrations at all. If you have vibrations, you 'will' break
something. They are from parts jamming up, not a good thing....

Mike
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ULB wrote:
> Okay, so I finished (sorta), installing my 4.5" Rubicon lift short arm.
> I have the auto transmission and if I accelreate hard the front shaft
> rubs on the trans skid plate. I have since pulled the trans skid
> plate. Anyone else have this issue? I could fabricate a new bracket I
> suppose. Does anyone make a skid plate after market for the TJ Trans?
>
> I still need to adjust the pinion a little more, I get vibes at 65 and
> up. If the pinion is perfectly setup what speed are typical of the
> vibes?
>
>
> Thanks
>
> ULB
>