Re-balancing a USED driveshaft.
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Re-balancing a USED driveshaft.
Hey all,
My driveshaft is vibrating the crap out of my car at the moment and I am betting both Universal Joints have lost it. I recently bought a USED drive shaft from another forum member from Texas and went to pick it up along with a bunch of other stuff. Anyhow I forgot to ask him to score the DS or mark off which bolts went where. From what I can gather the bolts/nuts are used as the weights to correctly balance it. It is possible for me to find a way to balance it? I would rather not like taking it to a Drive Shaft shot since I frankly don't trust anybody but myself and my friends to work on the car.
If anyone has any info on doing this I would appreciate it. Thanks
Santiago
My driveshaft is vibrating the crap out of my car at the moment and I am betting both Universal Joints have lost it. I recently bought a USED drive shaft from another forum member from Texas and went to pick it up along with a bunch of other stuff. Anyhow I forgot to ask him to score the DS or mark off which bolts went where. From what I can gather the bolts/nuts are used as the weights to correctly balance it. It is possible for me to find a way to balance it? I would rather not like taking it to a Drive Shaft shot since I frankly don't trust anybody but myself and my friends to work on the car.
If anyone has any info on doing this I would appreciate it. Thanks
Santiago
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Either way, just to eliminate the vibration...If any. As long as no weights of any kind under the bolts, just replace nuts/bolts. I've seen some place pieces of metal under the bolts to compensate for out of balance, as well as hose clamps around driveshaft to achieve the same. Never encountered a problem with a shaft, but always a first time.
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I just had a new driveshaft installed and now my car is
much, much quieter. I had a noise like the traansmission
was low on oil. But now the car is super quiet. I can hear the
flutter of the exhaust now if I have the radio off.
much, much quieter. I had a noise like the traansmission
was low on oil. But now the car is super quiet. I can hear the
flutter of the exhaust now if I have the radio off.
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