I have owned my truck for 2 yrs now and put close to 100K on it. It has always had a slight vibration which I attributed to tires and/or one rim that requires a lot of weight to balance correctly.

In the past 4-5 months the vibration has become much worse, between 45-50 mph the truck would literally shake you out of the seat. I decided to pull the drive shaft out and have new u-joints installed and have it balanced. 2 hrs after dropping the drive shaft off at the repair shop, the owner calls me to say the tube is dented and he offers to re-tube the drive shaft for half his normal price. basically he cuts the flanges off the old shaft and welds old flanges on a new tube.

$285 later, I have a new rear drive shaft that balanced out perfectly.

its so pretty, I don't want to install it in the truck.

Old drive shaft






New drive shaft

 

very nice looking.. good looking welds to.. who ever did a good job.. price was right on to.. I have a buddy that does that also so mine was FREE!!! but non the less i priced around before hand and i was looking at around 350 for that to be done on both front and rear shafts.. if its to nice to put back on the truck hang it in the garage and go to the salvage yard and grab a used one.. LOL.. OR stick it in the middle of your garage and have a party..

 

Sheesh, I paid $450 plus an hour of labor up here.

 

I bet it feels like a new truck
Thanks for sharing....

 

well, new drive shaft installed and the vibration is still the same. my next step is new tires on different wheels.

my fear is there is something is failing in the rear diff or the transfer case