I am in need of a driveshaft, or driveshaft repair on my 65. I pick up a vibration at 75/80mph. Nothing horrible, but it's enough to cause double-vision in the interior rear view mirror. I swapped the front tires/rear tires, but the vibration is still there. So I took out the stock driveshaft, and took it to Tucson to have a driveshaft repair person take a look at it. He found the rear u-joint has some play in it. The u-joint caps that are mounted in the rear yoke spin while the u-joint is being moved back and forth. When I removed the driveshaft this morning, I did notice some play in the u-joint - not in the caps themselves where the needle bearings are, but where the caps set into the yoke. He says he can repair the driveshaft, but after all is said and done, it would be at least a $200 job.
I have sitting at home an aluminum driveshaft out of an Explorer with new u-joints and a new slip yoke to go into my Toploader. The only reason I haven't put it into my car is because with it's 3.5" diameter, it hits the H-pipe on my exhaust. No way to get around it. The driveshaft repair guy says if it were him, he would go with the aluminum driveshaft since it's already setup to go.
My options:
1. Get my old driveshaft repaired, and when I finally get a new exhaust put in (which I really don't need right now), have it setup so the aluminum driveshaft can be fitted in.
2. Have the H-pipe removed from my exhaust so the aluminum driveshaft can be installed.
3. Have the current H-pipe removed, and have one installed that is bent/curved downward to accommodate the larger diameter of the aluminum driveshaft.
The exhaust pipes on my car are easily over 25 years old. No holes or rust outs anywhere. I'm just concerned that when I get it into an exhaust shop. they're going to tell me the pipes are too old/dirty/rusty to work on and try to sell me a whole new exhaust system from the headers on back.
Suggestions, ideas, opinions?
I have sitting at home an aluminum driveshaft out of an Explorer with new u-joints and a new slip yoke to go into my Toploader. The only reason I haven't put it into my car is because with it's 3.5" diameter, it hits the H-pipe on my exhaust. No way to get around it. The driveshaft repair guy says if it were him, he would go with the aluminum driveshaft since it's already setup to go.
My options:
1. Get my old driveshaft repaired, and when I finally get a new exhaust put in (which I really don't need right now), have it setup so the aluminum driveshaft can be fitted in.
2. Have the H-pipe removed from my exhaust so the aluminum driveshaft can be installed.
3. Have the current H-pipe removed, and have one installed that is bent/curved downward to accommodate the larger diameter of the aluminum driveshaft.
The exhaust pipes on my car are easily over 25 years old. No holes or rust outs anywhere. I'm just concerned that when I get it into an exhaust shop. they're going to tell me the pipes are too old/dirty/rusty to work on and try to sell me a whole new exhaust system from the headers on back.
Suggestions, ideas, opinions?