Hey guys, I'm in need of a driveshaft pretty bad. The ears on mine are bent and a local drivtrain place was unable to balance it. WHat are my options other than the dealer? ($780) I heard from an older man once that you could get a really big hose clamp and mark the driveshaft in 4 places equally spaced around and move the screw park of the clamp to each mark and drive it. I know it sounds sketchy but I need to do something soon. thanks for your time.

 

ebay or junk yard. man im having a brain fart how do i put up a new post?

 

my driveline place here builds new race spec ones for $200, call around maybe theyll be good price there 2.

 

car-part.com. I got mine there for 115 and it was the 72" long aluminum ones.

 

72" ?!?!?! Wow...

Local shops range from $150+ (depending on material). Had one built that was supposed to cost $390, but the a$$hole shop owner forgot to manually add the 0 behind the 9. End result, I paid $39. Lucky for me I didn't pay more b/c that shaft bent up under load @ 95mph, and ripped the tailhousing & output shaft bearing of the stock 4L60E. That a$$hole rebuilt another UNBALANCED shaft, and gave it back. I took it to another shop (reputable by local racers), and he made it all better. Retubed for $120. No vibration until I hit ~105mph, but clears up @ 110mph (I've gotten up to ~130mph in the C10 on an empty roadway).

 

Got a one pc. aluminum one from mine. Not sure if its the same length as yours. Check into it and let me know. Its just sittin in the garage.

-Heath

 

does anyone know off hand if the ccsb aluminum driveshafts are the same as the rclb? both 2wd autos?

 

bummp

 

Bump does anyone Know what GM put the 72" long aluminum driveshafts in other than RCLB 2wd automatic trucks?

 

Depends on the years: http://bertok.us/agreif/posthelp/CHP.jpg