One Piece Drive Shaft for LB or Mega

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Jul 19, 2012 | 09:58 AM

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Diesel Dave2

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I'm curious about this also...Could I see any advantage to replace my one piece steel driveshaft with a alumiuim one???

Jul 19, 2012 | 01:30 PM

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Unsprung weight, yes. But the rotational inertia (which will hurt more than stationary mass) won't change much, if the you go from a 4" to 6" diameter shaft.

Jul 19, 2012 | 03:55 PM

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So all a person would gain is about 35lbs of unsprung weight? Rotational inertia would remail equal (give or take)?

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