Driveshaft Swap

[Bearkat]

I just got a free one-piece steel driveshaft from a '99 Camaro in a junkyard! Does anyone have a writeup to swap my old two-piece out for it?

[Turbo V6 Camaro]

1. jack up can and support it

2. un do the center bolt on the 2 piece DS (PITA)

3 undo the 4 botls holding the DS to the rear...

4. pull DS to the rear of the car to take it out of the tranny

5. put ne DS in tranny

6. bolt it to rear

7. enjoy

[hockeyman]

-Put trans in Neutral and chock front wheels
-Put rear of car on jackstands
-Crawl under and take the two bolts off of the center of the driveshaft, then the 4 bolts that hold the driveshaft to the Pinion Shaft (you can trun the driveshaft to get to the other bolts because you left the trans in neutral)
-Get a rubber mallet or hammer and tap the driveshaft near the u-joints until it comes off at the rear, then slide it out of the trans housing


Reverse for installation. The one-piece will not have the two bolts at the center of the driveshaft, so don't worry if you see those two bolts sitting around after you're done.

All-in-all, it'll take about 1/2 an hour, and it's very easy to do.

[Bearkat]

Awsome... thanks guys!

[stlunatics2oo3]

okay do i need to lube the part that goes into the tranny with anything? also what is the torque specs of the bolts for the part by u joints

[hockeyman]

No, you don't need to lube the driveshaft-to-tranny input section. The trans fluid takes care of that.
The 4 bolts get tightened to 16 ft.lbs. each.

[Turbo V6 Camaro]

be sure to check the tranny fluid ..... you will loose some.... depend on how you have the car jacked up

[stlunatics2oo3]

thanks for the info guys now i am just waitin for the postal service to hurry my driveshaft up lol


thanks
Jeremy

[Diognes56]

Good info to have [img]smile.gif[/img] .

David