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GranTorinoSport
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Posted: 16-February-2009 at 7:03AM |
The current issue of Car Craft has a great article on driveshafts and U-Joints. Made me think of how important and underlooked they really are.
I had a transmission and rear axle failure about 20 years ago directly related to a bent driveshaft.
Has anyone approached the subject of improving the driveshaft and U-joints?
Or has anyone just taken the stock driveshaft and had it balanced better and examined?
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Psquare75
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my driveshaft in my Cougar is from Denny's Driveshaft. I called them, gave my measurements, and it was shipped a few weeks later.
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Paul
77 XR7 460/C6/3.00:1 *SOLD* 78 XR7 523/C6/3.5:1 79 F100 460/TKO500/3.25:1 'I also have some left over potatoes-I understand you can generate electricity from them'- Foote500 |
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ramair351
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i still have the original driveshaft in my car, and one of the uj's is still the original oem unit. i know i am on borrowed time. i have made/ shortened driveshafts for buddies rat projects, but for a high rpm , high torque engine, you should have a custom one made. |
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-Pete
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SininenIII
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I have custom driveshaft, Strange yokes and 1350 joints, all balanced. I could have had the original shaft shortened (FMX to C6 swap), but I wanted to have stronger shaft and yokes so I won´t have to worry about them to break up.
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Aatu
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JimW
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I ran a shortened rebuilt shaft on the car for years and went to a 3.5"/1350 setup with the 545 just because I have seen too what a D/S failure can do to the car (lots of pics of torn up floors, cars hopped and spun and worse.. Regardless of your driveshaft, I'd still run a loop, even the best stuff can break in the right circumstances..
There are some good deals on Billet yokes and such on Ebay
Jim
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SininenIII
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That´s true Jim, even the best stuff can break. With all the money poured into the project, I won´t take a chance to risk it all. I will make a loop for the shaft. Thanks.
-Aatu
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Aatu
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Psquare75
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Oh yeah, I have a loop too. I forgot
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Paul
77 XR7 460/C6/3.00:1 *SOLD* 78 XR7 523/C6/3.5:1 79 F100 460/TKO500/3.25:1 'I also have some left over potatoes-I understand you can generate electricity from them'- Foote500 |
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