Rusted Drive Shaft
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From: The Bluegrass State
Originally posted by dzervit
Ahhhh... a newb. Don't worry, you'll get used to my warped head.
Ahhhh... a newb. Don't worry, you'll get used to my warped head.
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From: Great Barrington, MA
Painting the driveshaft will not throw it off balance, did it to my truck, brother's SuperDuty, grandfathers GMC 2500, and grandpa's new Tahoe, and none of the went off balance. These driveshafts are too heavy to have to worry about a micron's worth of paint on them!!! ROFL!
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From: Washington DC
Yeah I have a problem seeing that too. Maybe...MAYBE if you only painted half the shaft or something but a little bit of an uneven coat of thin paint shouldnt skew the balance enough to make a difference, let alone someone competent enough to put an even coat on the shaft.
D- Yeah our reports show you failed all psych tests back to Kindergarden...and whats this about you eating the class pet?
D- Yeah our reports show you failed all psych tests back to Kindergarden...and whats this about you eating the class pet?
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From: Motor City
Originally posted by EddyG88
D- Yeah our reports show you failed all psych tests back to Kindergarden...and whats this about you eating the class pet?
D- Yeah our reports show you failed all psych tests back to Kindergarden...and whats this about you eating the class pet?
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From: Central California
Originally posted by JDaddy
Its a fricken drive shaft, come on guys these are not going to be collectors items get over it and drive the damn truck. I like to keep my stuff nice but worring about rust on a drive shaft
Its a fricken drive shaft, come on guys these are not going to be collectors items get over it and drive the damn truck. I like to keep my stuff nice but worring about rust on a drive shaft
j/k
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I can just see this tall lanky kid starring at the gerbil in the corner yelling, "Stop starring at me...oh I heard that, your dead!" he dzerved it
hahaha
I have to admit half the entertainment of this site is when someone gets you goin. Good to have you around...
hahaha
I have to admit half the entertainment of this site is when someone gets you goin. Good to have you around...
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From: Lancaster, PA
I think the point that is trying to be made is this:
anybody who spends at least 30 seconds on this site knows how sensitive these trucks are to vibration. The smallest flaw in a tire, the slightest imbalance in a drive shaft, etc., and there's a two page post about these POS vibrating lemon f150's. Anybody who wants to paint their drive shaft, hey have fun, let us see a picture when it's done. Just don't come back whining about a vibration problem. I do steel work with both raw and pre-painted steel. I was really surprised when I found out how much even a thin coat of primer and paint weighs...
Another thing you may not be considering is the prep-work involved. The sanding, etc. necessary will remove metal from the drive shaft, and that will definately affect the balance.
Personally I think it's not a good idea, UNLESS you have it rebalanced afterwards. But that's just my opinion. Follow your own feelings. I've read too many vibration posts over the last 8 months to even bother looking at them anymore.
anybody who spends at least 30 seconds on this site knows how sensitive these trucks are to vibration. The smallest flaw in a tire, the slightest imbalance in a drive shaft, etc., and there's a two page post about these POS vibrating lemon f150's. Anybody who wants to paint their drive shaft, hey have fun, let us see a picture when it's done. Just don't come back whining about a vibration problem. I do steel work with both raw and pre-painted steel. I was really surprised when I found out how much even a thin coat of primer and paint weighs...
Another thing you may not be considering is the prep-work involved. The sanding, etc. necessary will remove metal from the drive shaft, and that will definately affect the balance.
Personally I think it's not a good idea, UNLESS you have it rebalanced afterwards. But that's just my opinion. Follow your own feelings. I've read too many vibration posts over the last 8 months to even bother looking at them anymore.
Last edited by inbred; Nov 10, 2004 at 04:03 PM.
