New Grenadier Front Driveshafts from Sven here in the US.

[scoloco]

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

Not sure if I'm missing anything, but having owned a Jeep 25yrs ago, there were no hubs on the front. Yes, TCase was PT, so 2wd or 4wd, but the front propshaft was always spinning. That said, I'm pretty sure they do need to be balanced pretty good?

 

[Mister_BevilAcqua]

Not sure if I'm missing anything, but having owned a Jeep 25yrs ago, there were no hubs on the front. Yes, TCase was PT, so 2wd or 4wd, but the front propshaft was always spinning. That said, I'm pretty sure they do need to be balanced pretty good?

You are correct.

 

[Dokatd]

Not sure if I'm missing anything, but having owned a Jeep 25yrs ago, there were no hubs on the front. Yes, TCase was PT, so 2wd or 4wd, but the front propshaft was always spinning. That said, I'm pretty sure they do need to be balanced pretty good?

The only caveat to that is that the shaft isn't being driven with any real torque. This is especially problematic for double cardan shafts as they tend to wear and get a little eccentric.

But yeah you are right, thanks for pointing that out.

 

[Sven]

Not sure if I'm missing anything, but having owned a Jeep 25yrs ago, there were no hubs on the front. Yes, TCase was PT, so 2wd or 4wd, but the front propshaft was always spinning. That said, I'm pretty sure they do need to be balanced pretty good?

Spinning and transmitting power is absolutely not the same thing .

Especially for modern engine With a lot of torque

 

[FlyersFan76]

Has there been any talk or thoughts or desires of making a disconnectable drive shaft for the front.

Where as the driveshaft stays connected but the joint free spins that we are only powering the rear and not the front wheels.

I am technically not interested in it at the moment but back in my Hummer driving days there were a few owners that did it. Heck there were even a few that made 4 wheel steering.

The Grenadier market is obviously much larger in one year than the Hummer was in 14 years.