where to get driveshaft rebuilt

Post by **shmoken875** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 6:48 pm

anywhere good around here? I deffinately want spicer shit too, I'm sick of bruteforce and pronto crap, and my driveshaft clicking for some reason...and I wanna go wheeling again god dammit.

Post by **BlueDodgeRam** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 8:21 pm

im going to Rye Valley Gear when i do mine. Grubb knows more about them than i do though.

heres there website, bout 1.5 hours from Bburg..

http://www.ryevalleygear.com/

Post by **shmoken875** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 9:45 pm

BlueDodgeRam wrote:im going to Rye Valley Gear when i do mine. Grubb knows more about them than i do though.

heres there website, bout 1.5 hours from Bburg..

http://www.ryevalleygear.com/

well whens that? soon hopefully?

Post by **BlueDodgeRam** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 10:11 pm

shmoken875 wrote:well whens that? soon hopefully?

uhh, probably not. driveshafts are the last thing on my list, after rear axle, and doubler. so probably not until winter time.

Post by **Trailduster79** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 8:36 am

Brian Johnson and I have both had some work done by Rye Valley. Definitely the best in the area and the cheapest in the area.

They get my vote.

Post by **VerticalTRX** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 7:50 am

Just a heads up about Rye valley, I went there last time to get my rear shaft retubed (with .120-.188" wall) and they didn't want to do it. They told me they wouldn't do anything heavier than .095" wall, and that it wasn't possible to build a driveshaft with anything heavier. If you need stock style shafts built they do a great job, just don't ask them to build anything out of the ordinary.

Post by **shmoken875** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 12:01 pm

VerticalTRX wrote:Just a heads up about Rye valley, I went there last time to get my rear shaft retubed (with .120-.188" wall) and they didn't want to do it. They told me they wouldn't do anything heavier than .095" wall, and that it wasn't possible to build a driveshaft with anything heavier. If you need stock style shafts built they do a great job, just don't ask them to build anything out of the ordinary.

if you dont mind, what did that run you?

Post by **alk1174** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 2:58 pm

I have had good looking building shafts from scratch by assembling the shaft bolting it up and spinning the tires to check the shaft for runout then tack it together and recheck everything before final welding. This has worked real well on the lighter wall shafts. On the heavier wall shafts it did well but there is some slight vibes. This method is nice and cheap especially if you are just shortening a shaft. You can always throw down for a good shaft later.