2007chevy5.3l

iTrader: (21)

Man I saw your truck on the side of 820. I was going west bound.. Didnt dawn on me it was you. Saw the shaft on the ground and said yupp i know what happened to him lol.

Sucks to hear/see the bad news

tiffo60

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Yup that was me lol

I read the numerous way stories on here from other members, should have learned from other people's mistakes....

2007chevy5.3l

iTrader: (21)

Yeahh man thats the sad part, but whats done is done! Get a built shaft and install a dshaft loop

01WS6/tamu

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built shaft my work here is done

62nalide

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Its sure sucks what happened to him wei, guess we got lucky those highway runs vs that big shot mustang pretty sure he hit 140 a few time im done with high runs lol

Area47

now you see why i said **** it and set the speed limiter back to 98 mph.

tiffo60

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Yup thought about that too, I think I'm down to two options, either do the driveshaft specialist route or convert over to a two piece. Its all on the table right now..

Im headed south to do some fishing for the rest of the week, Ill worry about it next week

62nalide

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Yup ended up setting it to 98mph now lol

Ieatpeople

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my truck (in my sig) most definitely has a 1pc steel driveshaft, and i bought the truck new. the driveshaft is rusty, a magnet will stick to it, and its pretty heavy.

at what speed should i worry about the driveshaft? i've had it up to 135mph, and didnt notice any odd vibrations.

AUTOT3K

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I emailed a local driveline shop that typically does 4x4 shafts and race cv axles but I figured they might be able to do something.
He was talking about increasinh my u joint size and the yoke on my diff.
Is that really needed? Couldn't I just use the same slip yoke on my current shaft then swap the garbage aluminium for a 5" steel shaft and hi speed balance? Use factory u joints?