Aftermarket and OEM Replacement Driveshaft Specialists.
We manufacture and repair drive shafts for cars, light and heavy trucks as well as for race cars, street rods and off road. We also manufacture forged trans and pinion yokes.
Let's get started motor maven. I'm gonna work on street ride. Okay You're watc net All right, Greg. So we've got everyt We'ready to start measuring for t Hey folks Well, what we're doing is we're getting ready to measure for a drive shaft I got Greg Frick here from Inland Empire Drive Line to give us a few tips on What to do and how to do it right Greg What is the biggest mistake guys make when they're trying to get dimensions for a drive shaft when you make one for them? Engine transmission and rear end need to be in the chassis where they're gonna stay and They have to be sitting the weight of the ve We've got that set up. So we'ready to start doing our measurements now Yep, let's do it. Okay. So the first step is where you made me We need you to measure from the end of that's the right that down here as X That's the engine we need to know how much of t So you write that down as Y Okay, then we need the joint size at the pinion end So there are tabs that center the u-joint if you measure in between those tabs You'll get some distance. We're looking That's correct most vehicles will have this style of Pinion yolk that have those tabs that center the u-joint Okay, so those have these little tabs right here if you can see that turn We'ready to rock. Okay. Well, I've got that drive shaft here Let me go get it All right folks here it is This is the drive shaft that Greg made up for us and boy what a nice piece of work I know it's all al It looks This is the way they arrive It's 60 61 t6 tubing 60 61 t6 forging Balance put it in the car cross it off your list Let's put it in the car and cross it off our list Let's put this in here now one of the things that let me turn this around here so we can slide this in one of the tips That Greg gave me says when you slide this in Yes, sir, and that'll give you the proper Movement on t Pull t All right, so we got that in a nice fit on that now Another tip he gave me and t I never even thought about that's correct. That's why the pinion joint always goes First and it always goes on the pinion side. It's a self-inflicted injury It's also the source for about 80% of driveshaft vibrations because you've got that operating through angle And it will move but it doesn'that'some good information Greg thank you so much for stopping by we'll get t
