New Driveshaft Installed
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oldmerc
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New Driveshaft Installed
So I now have the last piece of the drive line in place . I had a one piece drive shaft made up to replace the original two piece unit on the advice of the guys at the driveline shop here in town .More money but not a lot considering three u joints new steady rest bearing and half of the slip yolk assm. ( it was seized ) .
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That's looking great! For your next order of business, you might consider replacing the muffler bearing, too. 
Unless, of course, that angle provides a little more forward force, like jet propulsion. 
Unless, of course, that angle provides a little more forward force, like jet propulsion.
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oldmerc
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I may have to but I hate to part with an original component . But seriously I have a set of header extension tubes coming from Reds Headers and i purchased locally a set of walker mufflers from NAPA that are for an 86 Ford areostar mini van .
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oldmerc
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Just as an aside here is a picture of an areostar muffler ,it's a good visual replacement for the original and only 28.00 dollars with a 5 year warranty ..
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oldmerc
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Did the glass pak thing when I was young . Drove Mom and Dad crazy and developed a close relationship with law enforcement (Mounties) .Don't feel like going back there , I think these should have a nice rumble .
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I'll bet that nobody here's ever run a garden hose up hot cherry bombs to shatter the fiberglass.
Safety loop is cheap. Rolling a truck or even just jumping to either side by a full lane or more due to front u-joint failure is real expensive. Long, solid driveshaft can be a pogo stick on a very bad day. I make a sturdy loop for all of mine. I had a bad, bad experience in a car at (thankfully) fairly low speed years ago!
Safety loop is cheap. Rolling a truck or even just jumping to either side by a full lane or more due to front u-joint failure is real expensive. Long, solid driveshaft can be a pogo stick on a very bad day. I make a sturdy loop for all of mine. I had a bad, bad experience in a car at (thankfully) fairly low speed years ago!