New Grenadier Front Driveshafts from Sven here in the US.

[David Czarnecki]

In this video we review the stock Grenadier driveshaft and compare it to two that Sven has developed. We bought these to test and compare. I have driven the DC to DC and it was solid with no vibrations felt at any speeds or decelerations as others have reported. I have two customers with these installed. In talking with Sven, the next versions will have a grease nipple on the center balls so that is evolving. The DC to Rzeppa is going in my Grenadier this week to check that out as well as it is a less costly approach than the DC to DC version. I will be making further videos with these driveshafts as well so subscribe to the YouTube channel. Both are are custom built in France. Feel free to email me at david@design-build-go.com for more info.



View: https://youtu.be/0DTXRCdfbag

 

[Catpaw4x4]

Very timely info! Look forward to seeing the progress. Cheers!

 

[Kiefffff]

Awesome. Looking forward to the DC to DC option being available.

 

[Mister_BevilAcqua]

Nice to see! Surprised one of the many Jeep drive shaft companies here in the states doesn't want to take a crack at it, should help with the cost.

 

[Sven]

Nice to see! Surprised one of the many Jeep drive shaft companies here in the states doesn't want to take a crack at it, should help with the cost.

Quality of the parts is not the same , thats why I don't have any vibs on my shaft , Jeeps ride in 2wd all the time and lock in 4WD when the go Offroad , so they can do with a front propshaft with a poor balancing

 

[Dokatd]

Quality of the parts is not the same , thats why I don't have any vibs on my shaft , Jeeps ride in 2wd all the time and lock in 4WD when the go Offroad , so they can do with a front propshaft with a poor balancing

Ok, this is where I have to stop you. We have tons of shops here in the states that build DC shafts and DC/DC shafts all out of high quality and precision balanced parts. I personally installed a 1350 DC/DC shaft in a 94' Defender with zero vibes. At this point you are reaching with the "Quality" speil.

I trust your shafts are built and balanced well, but let's not make wholesale assumptions about what is being built on this side of the pond. Tom Woods in fact refused to make this shaft not because they couldn't build a quality balanced DC shafts but that they didn't have the proper tooling to build one with a Rzeppa at the other end and still balance it to their standards.

The DC/DC grenadier shafts that have been produced here in the states for well over a year now ran perfectly smooth on mile one, but they started to loosen up after many many miles and started to vibe. This is just what happens to DC/DC shafts with severe angles.