Installing rear driveshaft
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Installing rear driveshaft
Quick question about installing the rear 2 piece driveshafts. 2004 SD250 CC4x4 - the rear shaft thew a weight and has been out of balance since(even after getting re-balanced). Got a complete new 2 piece shaft including carrier. Does the new shaft have any type of alignment to it or can I unbolt the old one and put the new one in? - complete shaft from tanny to rear including carrier.
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The driveshaft must be "phased"
The yoke must be connected to the slip shaft so the "ears" line up w/ the other end.
One shaft will have two ears parallel,the second shaft will be 90* off.
( pretend the yoke is attached permanently to the slip shaft)
(easier to do than me explain)
Take a good look at the old one , maybe that will help my explanation.
The yoke must be connected to the slip shaft so the "ears" line up w/ the other end.
One shaft will have two ears parallel,the second shaft will be 90* off.
( pretend the yoke is attached permanently to the slip shaft)
(easier to do than me explain)
Take a good look at the old one , maybe that will help my explanation.
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Not to hijack this thread, but aloong the same lines...
When I orignally got my 6" lift on my truck a couple months ago, the ******** forgot to put a carrier drop bracket on my driveshaft and it was clunking around pretty good for a few days befoore they realized it and called me to fix it.
Ever since then I feel like I did damage to either my driveshaft or transmission because when there is either a heavy load in the bed or I am pulling a trailer a lot of time it will clunk and stutter and actually just die.
Any thoughts if I did damage to the driveshaft originally for those couple of days without a carrier drop bracket or what could cause this? Need to tow my heavy trailer in a couple weeks and I want to resolve this.
THANKS and SORRY for hijacking!
: )
When I orignally got my 6" lift on my truck a couple months ago, the ******** forgot to put a carrier drop bracket on my driveshaft and it was clunking around pretty good for a few days befoore they realized it and called me to fix it.
Ever since then I feel like I did damage to either my driveshaft or transmission because when there is either a heavy load in the bed or I am pulling a trailer a lot of time it will clunk and stutter and actually just die.
Any thoughts if I did damage to the driveshaft originally for those couple of days without a carrier drop bracket or what could cause this? Need to tow my heavy trailer in a couple weeks and I want to resolve this.
THANKS and SORRY for hijacking!
: )
