on my 1990 isuzu trooper I have been having problems with the carrier bearing going out. I have the 3 inch lift installed on it. It vibrated a little bit on take offs, but wasn't bad. A while after I installed the lift I bought the shims from independent4x that is suppose to correct the pinion angle. it basically made the driveshaft straight, but after i installed them my carrier bearing bushing finally went out.
So I installed a new aftermarket carrier bearing, but it went out shortly after install, so I had a warranty and put another one in. The aftermarket one is a totally different design then the old one. So i guess what I am asking is should I take out the shims, since they only seem to cause problems or try to rebuild my old carrier bearing with a new rubber bushing?
thanks kyle

I suspect that the carrier bearing failure was unrelated to the shim installation. You are talking about a 19-20 year old bearing that probably died of old age. I suspect that there are few if any carrier bearings left out there that have not been replaced.

You might consider eliminating the carrier bearing and going to a one piece drive shaft. A lot of the trooper/rodeo guys do that after doing a lift. You have to hack up the cross member to room for the one piece.

thats what I think I am going to do. Is go with the one peice. Do you know about how much one costs to get built?

Carrier bearings don't last too long with a lift. You should go to a one piece.
I think I have one piece left over from an old project. PM me if you want to buy it.

If you reuse parts, could be as cheap as $150. a whole shaft with new parts will be more like $300. all depends on if you know a good local driveline shop.

-Rob

I got my one peice built for about $150, and it has been great!