Broken driveshaft

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Jan 13, 2011 | 01:25 AM

Atwiss

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Broken driveshaft

So..... I was being dumb and was gonna do a burnout but bang drive shaft end yoke broke any way to fix it? Like weld it or what because it's gonna be hard to find one I looked on broncograveyard and all they have are front driveshafts

Jan 13, 2011 | 01:37 AM

77&79F250

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Might get a drive shaft business to repair it, but I doubt it. It probably broke at the cap ring area right? There are some aftermarket companies that can hook you up, but $$$.

Jan 13, 2011 | 01:47 AM

Atwiss

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It broke on the yoke where the I joint bearing goes in would it be ok to do a temporary fix and weld it back on until it gets fixed

Jan 13, 2011 | 02:20 AM

leadsled56

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if you have about 250 -300 bucks you could have a brand new one made from scratch. if you weld it yourself they may be able to at least balance it when you're done