Rusty Drive Shaft

[az'03Silverado]

The drive shaft on my '03 is bright orange with rust. Is this OK? Can I/Should I paint it or just leave it alone? I'm not quite sure what the rust will do, over time, to the structural integrity of the shaft. Any suggestions?

[RyanbabZ71]

your driveshaft is rusty? HMMM Mine is an 00 and it is still silver (aluminum driveshaft).

 

I have seen people online with painted driveshafts so you can do it. I would wonder if it throws it out of balance though

[Shotgun]

Mine is rusty too..Don't know whats the deal.Seems GM could coat it with something.

[AZ-Z71]

My front one is rusty but the back one is still silver. I think the front one is steel and back aluminum.

[snoman]

I spray mine with 90w oil every winter and spring.

[tmf6902]

mines been rusty since about a month after I got it

[az'03Silverado]

Mine is steel. I wonder if a shot of WD40 would eat the rust off? You say you use 90W oil snoman? I'll give that a try. I don't really want to paint it. That sounds like a pain. Thanks guys! I'll try to get a before and after picture if I can figure out how to get my new-fangled digi-camera to work.

[Draphty]

Anybody got an idea why some are Aluminum and some are Steel? My 03 Z71 is Aluminum.

[piratebaseball]

my '03 z-71 is steel and rusting like crazy. The same way my pedals are rusting like crazy. Noticed my front sway bar is rusting too. Chevrolet is killing this brotha

[maroonsilverado]

while i had mine off rebuilding the engine i sanded it down and it threw a coat of paint to it. you'd have to get pretty heavy on the paint to throw the balance off on it . i just painted it with some high temp cast aluminum paint i had. but mine wasn't rusty, it was just dirty as heck