aluminum drive shaft worth it ?

[Tom Rs]

i see some ppl get a aluminum driveshaft. i spotted this on ebay http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/93-02...temZ8004303640

1. will it work on my 97 camaro ?
2. What kind of gains ?
3. How much to install one of these ?

thanx

[Little G]

1. Yes
2. You'll notice it.
3. You can do it yourself with a socket wrench.

g

[Tom Rs]

HAS ANYONE DONE IT BEFORE ??

[FunkZ]

YES !!

lol, yeah it's very easy to do... about as difficult as changing your oil.

[zlexiss]

Yes, shouldn't take more than 15 minutes.

[Kal-El]

yup, pretty easy to change

[ellik]

plan on more than 15 minutes if your swapping out a 2-piece for it... the top bolt in the center bracket is a PITA.

It is definately worth it though. Its a nice mod.

[blacksport]

Took me longer than 15. I swapped my 1 piece to my mom's old Z she traded in. Her torque arm bolts I dont think had ever moved since they were torqued. That took a little while.


Its harder than changing your oil but is easy. The torque arm may be a PITA to get off it the bolts are seized.

I dont know if it did anything, did a stall with it along with shift kit.

[shenanigans]

Its easy... way lighter then steel...

still breaking in the clutch but I am sure it feels better, just feels better to switch to lighter wheels its the same thing.


And swapping it is easy even if you have a 2-piece.

[Tom Rs]

sounds good i think i will pick one up. is that a good price ? and it doesnt matter if its from lt-1 or ls1 ? oh and btw are there any writeups on how to do it ? thanx guys.

[shenanigans]

Its not a "bad" price, I picked on up for $117 shipped like a month ago, but I had a better deal. $150 shipped is not an uncommon price for them and I have seen them sell for more.


When you do search just to let you know 98% of lt1s came with 1 piece steel ones, they are very cheap. Most ls1s(not all) came with aluminum. Just make sure it says it in the auction.

[shenanigans]

and here is your right up...

If you have a 1 piece steel

-Jack car up
-put jack stands under rear frame not rear axle
-Use a (I think 10 mm, if you really need me to find it out I can for you) socket, to take 4 bolts off that go over caps to hold the rear universal joint to the rear diff.
-slide driveshaft forward towards, tranny, to get it out of the rear part, then pull it back towards you.

-Repeat in reverse.


If you have a 2 piece stocker.

same as above, but before you slide it forward, yhere are 2 bolts attaching the middle part of the 2-piece to the torque arm, going to guess they are 1/2 in, or 13mm bolts, don't remember.


Easy swap, hardest part is just taking the tools out to your car and jacking it up.

[Tom Rs]

sounds good thanx shenanigans. so the car must be on jackstands correct not ramps ?

[shenanigans]

you could probably do it on ramps if you have a 1 piece steel, but woudl be a ***** and a half if you have a 2-piece...


when you support the car from the frame, the rear end sags down and gives you mroe room to work.

[Tom Rs]

i see thanx again