Drive Shaft Rebuilding

[blacksambo]

Can you just repalce a driveshaft U joint or are you better off rebuilding the existing U joint to avoid having to rebalance the whole shaft? Thx

[Triathlete]

You should be okay just replacing the UJoint. Just pay attention to the orientation of the flanges...mark them and put them in the same position.

[blacksambo]

Great. Thanks.

[tom4bren]

I wouldn't go the rebuild route yet. LittleBeast is looking into a shop that will modify our driveshaft to replace one of the U Joints with a CV. If the price ends up being right, that would be sweet.

[blacksambo]

Interesting. I guess you'd have to give up driving for a while, though?

[tom4bren]

There should be one 'float' available already (mine). His should be available when you are ready to purchase & yours available for the next. We could check with a few other members that have parts trucks to see if they could provide an additional float.

[blacksambo]

Sounds good. Do you know how much the modified shaft will cost and about how much does it cost to ship a shaft? I'm at 12866. Many thanks for the follow up.

There should be one 'float' available already (mine). His should be available when you are ready to purchase & yours available for the next. We could check with a few other members that have parts trucks to see if they could provide an additional float.

[LittleBeast]

Not sure but if it is possible given our stock connections this guy will figure out a way to get it done. To correct the pinion angle you need to increase the length of the lower links and the drivetrain guy said I should consider lengthening the driveshaft as well, so that will be one other thing to consider when he is looking into a possible upgrade for our factory driveshafts. The only reason to do this would be to beef up the driveshaft or to correct the vibration after lifting. With the CV/Ujoint driveshaft you will need the pinion angle to be zero in regards to the driveshaft.

[blacksambo]

Thanks. Not what I'm after. I'm running stock, no lift, just everyday driving.