Thats what I was thinking, never been in that boat thoughBut I would imagine you could just get your shaft re-balanced too, depends on how bad it is.
Thanks for the advice ... My truck had a fight against a boulder.
I made a few calls, looks like no one wants to fix an aluminum DS.
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Do it!:neener. Just looked at my u joints they are literally exploded. I dropped the driveshaft last night. Im going to take it to blumenthals to get rebalanced.I have one off my truck with 120k miles on it. It has a couple small scratches. I can post pics after bit if you'd like.
There is a good chance that slip yoke will be fine if you polish it up.Needs the yoke and u-joints. the ujoint on the yoke side is good but I wouldn't re-use it. I'll clean it up good after bit if you want it. I thought this was bad when I pulled it but my new one is scratched worse than this one now and there is no vibration so I wasted almost a grand. And if I ever need another I will get a steel one built.
Depending on your tire size and gear ratio, your looking at the shaft only being "safe" up to 80-85mph before. Regardless of who built it, one driveline builder might not be as good as the next, but none of them can defy the laws of physics.I forgot all about that honestly. I remember talking to you about that before. What issues would I see running a steel driveshaft? seems to me it would only be an issue on who built it.