'57 F100 Drive Shaft

Boehnlein79 · #1 (**permalink**) 02-17-2013, 06:23 PM

Can anyone tell me what years have the same drive shaft and where I might find one? I have a really nice crease in my that causes terrible shaking. Any help would be much appreciated thanks.
Nic

theodore/teddy · #2 (**permalink**) 02-17-2013, 06:32 PM

if your slip joint is not worn out you could probably have that one repaired for under 100.00.
I was surprised how cheap the three shafts for mine were to have repaired.

Boehnlein79 · #3 (**permalink**) 02-17-2013, 06:36 PM

What type of shop would you recommend?

theodore/teddy · #4 (**permalink**) 02-17-2013, 07:08 PM

Driveline shop, not sure where you live, but most good sized cities will have several.

spurredon · #5 (**permalink**) 02-18-2013, 07:07 PM

Often the same kind of places do repairs on big over the road trucks as well.

Boehnlein79 · #6 (**permalink**) 02-18-2013, 07:12 PM

I found a place in Kansas City area called inland truck parts. They said they would be able to fix it and seemed like nice guys. We'll see how it turns out!

spurredon · #7 (**permalink**) 02-18-2013, 07:17 PM

I had one shortened and new universals installed for just about 100 bucks and that include good 'ol NY state tax!

Boehnlein79 · #8 (**permalink**) 02-18-2013, 08:03 PM

The shaft was damaged so bad they are going to have to retube it. It's gonna run about $200 but I would have paid 10x as much to get rid of the terrible vibration.