Services

We offer repair and custom fabrication of drivelines from each of our shops in Wyoming and Washington state. We service off-road, light & heavy duty trucks, marine, oilfield and agricultural industries.

Ford / Chevy / Dodge / Toyota / Subaru / Semi-Trucks
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We fabricate, service and supply parts for everything from short couple flanged drivelines to 3 piece semi and CV (constant velocity) high angle drivelines and components.

Same-day service available. 

-Parts Distributor
-Re-tubing
-Component Replacement
-U-Joint Installation
-Custom Fabrication
-Precision Spin Balancing
-CV (constant velocity) Repair
-Extensive inventory of top quality parts

Parts Distributor
We are a distributor of Driveline and PTO Parts.

-​U-Joints
-Flange Yokes
-Slip Yokes
-End Yokes
-H-Yokes
-Tube Yokes
-Tubing
-Stub Shaft
-Midship Stub Shaft
​-CV (Constant Velocity)

Constant Velocity Assemblies:
​-Carrier Bearings
-Borg Warner Winged Bearings
-Power Take Off End Yokes
-Power Take Off Solid Shafts,
​     9/16 - 1-1/4 Keyed
-Splined Agricultural Shafting
-German Lemon Tubing, AG
-Italian Triangular Tubing, AG
-Strap Kits
​-U-Bolts

​High Angle Heavy Duty Agricultural CV Drivelines for square and round balers.

Measurements

Series and Driveline Lengths

The size or series is where everything starts in the repair, fabrication or design of a driveline. With the introduction of digital calipers, it is the easiest of all methods to identify a U-Joint size.

Dimensions = cap size X lock-up dimensions. (The lockup dimension is the measurement where the clip seats.) They are either inside clip or outside clip; IC or OC.

​Series
​1310
1330
7260
1350
1410
N3R
7290
1480

Dimensions 
(capsize by lockup)
1.063 x 3.219
1.063 x 3.622
1.078 x 2.125
1.188 x 3.622
1.188 x 4.188
1.125 x 2.556
1.125 x 2.622
​1.375 x 4.188

1 & 1/16 x 3 & 7/32
1 & 1/16 x 3 & 5/8
​1 & 5/64 x 2 & 1/8
1 & 3/16 x 3 & 5/8
​1 & 3/16 x 4 & 1/16
​1 & 1/8 x 2 & 9/16
​1 & 1/8 x 2 & 5/8
​1 & 3/8 x 4 & 1/16

Lockup
(inside or outside)
OC
OC
IC
OC
OC
IC
IC
OC

OUTSIDE CLIPS / Image 1

INSIDE CLIPS / Image 2

Lockups are simple. Does it have a clip on the outside of the cap that holds it in? The clip and the cap look like this on an outside clip (see image 1). On the yoke, there’s a groove for this snap ring, or clip. The cap has a smooth machined surface all the way around to the seal.

Inside clips, or inside lockups, have a groove machined into the cap itself for the snap ring to sit in. The yoke has no groove, just a flat machined surface for the clip to lay against, keeping it centered. They look like image 2.

MEASURING CAP & LOCKUP N3R & 7960 SERIES
Measuring cap and lockup N3R & 7960 series are the most problematic. The caps on the N3R and 7290 are both 1.125, inside clip. For the most part, N3R is Chevy, 7260 and 7290 are Dodge. Notice a N3R and 7290 are only .066 difference in their lockup. Instead of trying to measure these, look at your truck and ask yourself, "Dodge or Chevy?" Simple.

MEASURING DRIVELINE LENGTH

TRANSMISSION SLIP YOKE

MEASURING DRIVELINE LENGTH
To measure the driveline length itself, the industry standard is the center-of-the-cap-of-the-U-joint on the end yoke of the differential (arrow 3), to the center-of the-cap-of-the-U-joint on the transmission or transfer case (arrow 1). If you have two end yokes on your rig, try to point them both up before measuring (like the diagram). Measure from the top-center of one to the top-center of the other.

In the case of a transmission slip yoke, measure from the center of the differential (arrow 2) to the seal of the transmission (arrow 1) and then the length of the stub that generally sticks out, usually 3/4”.

DRIVELINE CENTERLINE TO CENTERLINE
Maximum length by series

Series
N1000
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N1310


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​N1330



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N1350


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N1410


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N1480


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N1550

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N1610
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N1710


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N1760

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​N1810

Tube Size
2" x .083
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2" x .065
2" x .083
2" x .120
2.5" x .065
2.5" x .083
2.16" x .065
3" x .065
​3" x .083
3.5" x .065
​3.5" x .083

2.5" x .083
3" x .065
3" x .083
​3.5" x .083

2.5" x .083
3" x .083
​3.5" x .083

3" x .083
3.5" x .065
3.5" x .083

3.5" x .083
3.5" x .095
4" x .083

3.5" x .095
4" x .083

​3.5" x .134

3.5" x .156
4" x .134
4.095" x .180

4" x .134
4.095" x .180

​4.5" x .134

Max Length
54

35
35
34
39
39
41
43
43
46
​46

43
47
47
​51

43
47
​51

47
51
​51

51
50
54

50
​54

​53

53
57
​57

57
57

​60

TWO PIECE DRIVELINES
​Two-piece drivelines are composed of a driveline with a carrier bearing on it, which is then joined to another driveline with a slip yoke on it. These are used when the length of the driveline becomes too great to span the distance (see Maximum Length Diagram, left). There is a limit to how long you can make a driveline, thus the two- to 3-piece driveline (AKA center or carrier bearing) style.

ALUMINUM DRIVELINES
With the advent of aluminum drivelines, the center-to-center length has significantly increased up to 87" with our new 5" x .120" wall driveline tubing. This is really some very heavy-duty material and can take a beating; unlike the factory OEM material that is only .083" wall.

The beauty of all this is that if you desire to eliminate the center bearing on your 2-piece diesel truck, it is now possible to do just that. This is now available in all series from 1310 to 1480.