64 driveshaft questions
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64 driveshaft questions
64 292 w/ 4 speed manual:
My truck started life as a longbed and a PO shortened it to a shortbed. I thing is either the carrier bearing is out or the bushing around it is bad. I can grab the drive shaft and wiggle it quite a bit. It isn't noisy driving, but there is quite a bit of vibration at around 40 mph.
-Do the short bed trucks have the same shortshaft with the carrier bearing, or just go straight from the tranny to the rearend like late model stuff?
-Is there a good walkthrough for replacing the carrier and bushing?
Thanks!
My truck started life as a longbed and a PO shortened it to a shortbed. I thing is either the carrier bearing is out or the bushing around it is bad. I can grab the drive shaft and wiggle it quite a bit. It isn't noisy driving, but there is quite a bit of vibration at around 40 mph.
-Do the short bed trucks have the same shortshaft with the carrier bearing, or just go straight from the tranny to the rearend like late model stuff?
-Is there a good walkthrough for replacing the carrier and bushing?
Thanks!
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1964 swb trucks had a one piece shaft.....at least the ones I have seen. You may can try a one piece shaft but this will require some parts....and too since this is a home shortened truck standard swb 64 stuff may not fit.
Going to a single shaft is a little more involved than you would think...yokes ect ect ect you'll have to look see what you need.
Bushings and bearings can only help but their is the real possibility that the vibration is not caused by that component. The worn bushing may be a symptom rather than the cause.
Going to a standard shaft might mean changing the transmission as I think the transmissions used on LWB trucks with hanger bearings had a different mainshaft made for a stationary on non slip yoke.
Going to a single shaft is a little more involved than you would think...yokes ect ect ect you'll have to look see what you need.
Bushings and bearings can only help but their is the real possibility that the vibration is not caused by that component. The worn bushing may be a symptom rather than the cause.
Going to a standard shaft might mean changing the transmission as I think the transmissions used on LWB trucks with hanger bearings had a different mainshaft made for a stationary on non slip yoke.
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Short beds have a one piece driveshaft without a driveshaft center support.
Long beds have a two piece driveshaft with a driveshaft center support that includes a bearing, large U shaped rubber support.
Between the front and rear drive shafts is a slip yoke along with a u-joint. So there are three u-joints, one at the front, one at the center and one at the rear.
Long beds have a two piece driveshaft with a driveshaft center support that includes a bearing, large U shaped rubber support.
Between the front and rear drive shafts is a slip yoke along with a u-joint. So there are three u-joints, one at the front, one at the center and one at the rear.
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Thanks for the info gents! We have a custom driveline shop in town who are going to look at it. I have a sneaking suspicion that the horrible welds on the drive shaft means an out of balance drive shaft
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