Driveshaft lengths

[skin400ex]

I put a locker in my rear end, and proceeded to snap my driveshaft as soon as I got on pavement. It was a stock steel driveshaft, and split right at the rear yoke weld. I'm curious to find another driveshaft any make or model, aluminum that measures out the correct yoke to yoke. In my case its 54" any ideas what years, makes, and models i can find? If nothing else I can get U-joints to mate any 2 yokes together.. Any help is mucch appreciated.

[sjspor]

Check this site out..

 

http://www.dennysdriveshaft.com/html/2_pie...ece_shafts.html

[snoman]

I put a locker in my rear end, and proceeded to snap my driveshaft as soon as I got on pavement. It was a stock steel driveshaft, and split right at the rear yoke weld. I'm curious to find another driveshaft any make or model, aluminum that measures out the correct yoke to yoke. In my case its 54" any ideas what years, makes, and models i can find? If nothing else I can get U-joints to mate any 2 yokes together.. Any help is mucch appreciated.

What kind of truck is it? You must have realy nailed it an/or have relatively tall gears too. You may have had a bad weld at yoke and you might examine it for grins to see if that was the cause of the failure. I would search bone yards for a replacement too.

[skin400ex]

The weld on the rear yoke was cracked, as was apparrent after I saw the corrosion where there was supposed to be weld. The thing is, in 94 some ext. cab chevs had aluminium yoke's, with a fiberglass center section. I just want to know if anyone has one of these setups so I can use that instead of steel.

[snoman]

Me, I would stick with steel as it is a lot more forgiving and easier to fix in a pinch (except with your failure)

[skin400ex]

I'd just like to go to aluminum to lower me rotational mass in the drivetrain. But on the plus side I found a stock steel shaft for $45 at the local scrap. I am now looking at aluminum as an upgrade( looks way better when polished, than a rusted chunk of schedule 40 steel). I know its easy to get u-joints for any possible yoketo yoke conversion, so I would like to find ANY full aluminum driveshaft that measures 54 inches yoke to yoke.

[snoman]

You can always paint steel and aluminum is not as fovgivening as steel in a drive shaft. They use aluminum drive shafts not because they are so strong but because it saves a few pounds of weight. In a light weight car a aluminum shaft can have a bigger weight/mass inpact than on a heavy truck.

[skin400ex]

I appreciate steel driveshafts, but lets be honest, I live in Minnesota. Any time we even get a snow flurry, they load down the roads with salt. It is impossible to keep a steel driveshaft from rusting, and I don't want to have to paint my driveshaft twice a year to keep it looking good. Plus good luck finding a driveshaft that doesn't have severe pitting in this state. I'll take aluminum any day.