driveshaft question?

[vr4gasm]

about to swap to a alum. driveshaft i need to know how many quarts of tranny fluid to have on hand thought cause i use royal purple and have to order it so about how many should i get what kind of fluid loss will i have? also does anyone have a write up on the swap?

[camaromalley]

Re: driveshaft question?

you won't lose any fluid

[vr4gasm]

Re: driveshaft question?

so when i pull the driveshaft out i won't lose anything?

[camaromalley]

Re: driveshaft question?

nope and from what I've read it takes about 10-15 minutes total

[vr4gasm]

Re: driveshaft question?

taht sounds too easy can somone post a write up?

[Chevy16]

Re: driveshaft question?

oh mine took like a good 30-45 minute because all the bolts were rusted to crap and the top bolt was a MAJOR pain and is what took the majority of the time because i could berily squeez my hand in there

[bah]

Re: driveshaft question?

you unbolt the four bolts on the yoke at the differential, if you have a 2 piece unbolt the bearing in the middle, drop the driveshaft down and pull it out of the transmission, installation is reverse of removal

[sdm1234]

Re: driveshaft question?

oh mine took like a good 30-45 minute because all the bolts were rusted to crap and the top bolt was a MAJOR pain and is what took the majority of the time because i could berily squeez my hand in there

still... 45 minutes is nothing lol.

vr4gasm, where did u get an aluminum driveshaft? is it the same as the V8's?

[bah]

Re: driveshaft question?

yes it is the same from 82 up, but aluminum was only in the 98+ v8 models i believe

[FunkZ]

Re: driveshaft question?

There were optional aluminum driveshafts in earlier years as well.

If you've got only the rear of the car jacked up pretty high you might not lose any fluid at all, I still had a little dribble come out of mine though. If you use a lift I can guarantee you will lose at least a quart if not 2. The T-5 calls for 6 pints which is 3 quarts.

[Chevy16]

Re: driveshaft question?

^ i only lost a little drop on a lift

[xcdarrel17]

Re: driveshaft question?

oh mine took like a good 30-45 minute because all the bolts were rusted to crap and the top bolt was a MAJOR pain and is what took the majority of the time because i could berily squeez my hand in there

Did you think about putting the car in neutral and spinning the driveshaft around?

[Chevy16]

Re: driveshaft question?

well i know that part but i was takling about the top bolt of the middle bracket not the driveshaft its self

[vr4gasm]

Re: driveshaft question?

woo driveshaft will be here first thing in the morning

[SpeedingFirebird]

Re: driveshaft question?

well i know that part but i was takling about the top bolt of the middle bracket not the driveshaft its self

yeah, that bolt was a beyatch for me too. That bolt took longer than the rest of the entire install.