Driveshaft help needed. '63 LWB
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Driveshaft help needed. '63 LWB
I've got a broken rear driveshaft on a long wheelbase '63 2wd. Does anyone have one they would part with. The cost of a newly built one is kind of high and I'm probably SOL with the local wrecking yards.
I'm in west Texas. I can be reached by email at cougdan@yahoo.com
Thanks, Dan
I'm in west Texas. I can be reached by email at cougdan@yahoo.com
Thanks, Dan
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Mine is two piece and the front yoke is broken. The local driveshaft guy said it was too long for a one piece and that he could make me what I needed for a price...
By the way, I'm in Lubbock.
Dan
By the way, I'm in Lubbock.
Dan
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Go find a long enough axle with the same size tube and end yoke.
Have a regular machinist cut the splined end out of the original driveshaft.
Have the machinist cut the replacement driveshaft to proper length, and weld in the original splined end.
Take it to the driveshaft place (if he machinist cannot do this) and have them balance it - not that it will make much difference because it is so short, and because it is bolted almost in a straight line.
If you can wait a couple of weeks, I have a couple of the intermediate (forward) driveshafts, from late '60s long bed trucks. I am traveling, and won't be home until 15 May.
If you still need one then, e-mail or PM me, and I'll see if it will meet your needs.
Have a regular machinist cut the splined end out of the original driveshaft.
Have the machinist cut the replacement driveshaft to proper length, and weld in the original splined end.
Take it to the driveshaft place (if he machinist cannot do this) and have them balance it - not that it will make much difference because it is so short, and because it is bolted almost in a straight line.
If you can wait a couple of weeks, I have a couple of the intermediate (forward) driveshafts, from late '60s long bed trucks. I am traveling, and won't be home until 15 May.
If you still need one then, e-mail or PM me, and I'll see if it will meet your needs.
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its a long ways away, but Stan Hopkins Driveshafts here in Dallas does good work at fair prices. I had them leingthen the front half of my 2 piece and replace the center bearing today. $119 total and that included a full new tube. He originaly sugested I mail my shaft to him, So I know he works that way. might give him a call and see what he can do for you on parts and price.
I don't know if I would trust anyone who said it was too long for a single piece driveshaft. there are a lot of trucks out there with factory single shafts and extended cabs with long beds. It more likely means the guy doesn't have any more tube in the leingth it would need.
I don't know if I would trust anyone who said it was too long for a single piece driveshaft. there are a lot of trucks out there with factory single shafts and extended cabs with long beds. It more likely means the guy doesn't have any more tube in the leingth it would need.
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Originally Posted by cougardan
Mine is two piece and the front yoke is broken. The local driveshaft guy said it was too long for a one piece and that he could make me what I needed for a price...
By the way, I'm in Lubbock.
Dan
By the way, I'm in Lubbock.
Dan
I don't know why he said it was too long. My '63 long bed has a 390, C6 set up with a one piece driveshaft. It's been like that for the 20+ years that I've been driving it.
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The long shaft will work. Just need to put some silicone gease on the tailshaft when u put it in. It absorbs the shock of the tranny shifting and the body rising up and down.
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