s14 driveshafts impossible to find?

[brainfood]

I need to find an s14 abs 5sp driveshaft for my 5sp swap on my 95 and I cant find one anywhere even local junkyards and such dont have any. So I decided to look for an alum. driveshaft figured I could get a little performance out of the swap as well and I cant even find those. enjuku used to sell them now they dont anyone have any idea where I can find a stock or aftermarket driveshaft?

[SilviaDriver]

oberkill has alum driveshafts i beleive

edit: http://www.project240.com/custom.html

he [oberkill] had a thread with pics that shows the alum driveshaft installed with other stuff he had

[golds14]

i got a used 95 driveshaft if you need it....150+ shipping from jersey....i do paypal

[S14DB]

I thought you only had to swap driveshafts in the S13.

[brainfood]

"I thought you only had to swap driveshafts in the S13" you may have just made my day. I will measure a friends 5sp shaft and see if it is the same length would the splines on the front be different from the auto to the 5sp? I have a full s13 swap and as far as I know everything fits the s14 but the driveshaft so all I am looking for is the driveshaft by if I dont need it the that is even better.

golds14: is it from an abs equiped car? I have a vlsd in mine and I guess the abs and non-abs are different lengths.

[S14DB]

Yeah, I just looked and you do need one. The junk yards around here have them for $75

http://www.car-part.com/

[brainfood]

lots of non-abs driveshafts not any abs driveshafts

[blitz240a]

Non-abs DS will work fine, I had mine on for a year and no problems at all.

[brainfood]

whats the difference then? anyone know sorry for all the questions but this is my daily driver so I need to do the swap in a day which shouldnt be a problem as long as there are no snags.

[S14DB]

OK, found the legnth info:
The drive shaft is two sections.
1st section:
A/T:441mm
M/T:421mm
2nd Section:
With ABS:636mm
Without ABS:650mm

[brainfood]

so then I would need the abs equip'd ds or else it will be too long

[S14DB]

You could take apart both at the joint and join the old rear(ABS) to the new front(MT).

[brainfood]

do you have lengths for s13 driveshafts because if I was going to do that maybe I can use my s13 front

[brainfood]

btw that site doesnt carry s14 shafts anymore either. :(

So if I get the non-abs shaft and swap the fronts on mine so I have a new 5sp front on my old abs rear then do I need to get the shaft balanced? or is it fine? also do I need to take it to a shop to get the u-joint pressed out or can I do it myself with a hammer and a socket? or will it bolt on I noticed the front shaft bolts to the rear on the front side of the u-joint. at least on the s13 shaft it does. Any help would be great! thanks

edit: Nevermind I checked on how the shaft comes apart now my only question is will I have balance problems putting the 2 shafts together?

[S14DB]

No, they are independently balanced. The rubber in the center should Isloate them.

[brainfood]

cool I ordered a non abs shaft $60 shipped so hopefully all goes well. Thanks for everyones help. I couldnt have completed the swap without the advice! I will let you guy's know how it goes I will be doing the swap first week in aug when i dont need the car as much but hopefully I can get it done in one day. I am going to mount the clutch pedal and do all the wiring before and then all I have to do is the actual swap in one day so it shouldnt be a problem.