[DeTomaso] Half shaft eye alignment

[JDeRyke at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/8/08 4:26:09 AM, lplugw at hotmail.com writes:

> On one of my shafts there is no way to align the splines to put the eyes of 
> the male and female ends in the same plane. It's like a half spline off.
> 
I've not seen this before, but that half-shaft is fixable, being mild steel. 
Taken to a driveshaft expert, they will cut the weld on one end , re-clock the 
two u-joint axes and reweld them, then rebalance. A good welder could do the 
first part but unless the parts are in perfect alignment, with perfect welds, 
there's a possibility of pulsations or even breakage. 

Good eyes for spotting this; has this Pantera ever had vibration under heavy 
accelereation? Good luck- J Deryke


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