aluminum drive shaft worth it ?

[Tom Rs]

hey eric one more question i do infact have a 2 piece i looked just now. so i will free up more horse with the aluminum correct ? the only thing i wanted to know i saw a couple ppl on ebay specifing different measurements. are they all the same if not what measurement do i need ? thanx again.

[shenanigans]

All 4th gen drivesahfts work, alot of 3rd gen ones fit too... But i would stick with 4th gen ones.

yeah you will see more gains...

goes
2 piece
lt1 1 piece steel
ls1 1 piece aluminum
Carbon fiber 1 piece

[Tom Rs]

thanx

[grayman]

dont put a car on ramps when you remove a drive shaft!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!


think about it.

use jack stands on the frame. you only need one jack stand to get under the car anyway. block the front tires on the front and the back.

[FunkZ]

Heh, well just don't rely on the car's transmission to hold it stationary while you crawl underneath and pull out the driveshaft. You must use the emergency brake to keep the car from moving.

[Pewter2K1]

Dont do it on ramps. unless you drive backwards up the ramp.. if the front is lifted you will leak tranny fluid out the tailshaft... Big Mess.. i would just jack it up by the diff, then put some jackstands under the body get the rear off the ground and go from there

[dmw319]

yep thats what i did. backwards on ramps.

[Tom Rs]

THANX FOR ALL THE INFO GUYS.

[97rs4life]

I knocked off .2 seconds with my alum. driveshaft. So yah it is worth it

[Tom Rs]

eric i found a shaft and asked if the yoke and u-joints are included and he responded with this - "Hi the yoke and front u joint are included. The rear is there but missing the caps.The year car I'm not sure of.Thanks,Scott"

what does that mean ?

[98Silver6]

hey do these old shafts need to be balanced or something?

[NOS2006]

Please answer the above post, but...

Is this a good shaft?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/93-02...ayphotohosting

[Tom Rs]

thats the one i am going to buy nos. but lets get back on topic can someone answer my last question thankyou

[NOS2006]

Ahh okay. Didn't ever click the link. 'Tis yours.

[FunkZ]

On the link that NOS posted, it's missing the rear caps, so you're probably looking at a new U-joint for the rear. They're not too difficult to replace, if they're the factory joints you need a propane torch and a BFH. If they've been replaced once already they probably have clips and you wouldn't need the torch.

They normally don't need rebalanced unless one or more of the weights have been knocked or flown off. On the steel shafts I think they're usually tacked on but my aluminum shaft it looks like they were epoxied.