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ill find out today since I have to move it
So I dont trust the tape measure that much because i measured with a small "throw in" tape that comes with those cheap tool kits, and the results seemed weird, so i was gonna remeasure with a reel tape measure that is older than you and i together so I trust the build quality. But prelim circumference was damn near 11 inches on the spot so if you divide by pi you get something damn near 3 3/4 inches but because i am not trusting that measure im going to say it could at most be 4 inches diameter but that does seem like it may be an overshoot. Length, I had something over 4 feet but not much longer and I was only measuring from the tube end to tube end, not the ears by the u joint, the thing wasnt even long enough so that measurement is only that specific for that reason. however, in a not-good way but in a "neato" way this is how much of the slip yoke was sticking out where I last had the truck parked:
Especially considering the copious amounts of brown loctite (rust) that is present.
The one appears to be loose and the other appears to be tight still. this was a truck abused in its last years for plowing dirt and my learning curve of an experience. including the slipping off the driveway when a axle shaft broke going up, the driver side would less likely have been affected in that specifically... so strange, but my grandpa put new suspension on it prob in the mid 90s and the truck didnt see much miles before it finally was parked because he got the f150.
I think the passenger side may be ok, but the driver for sure
thank you good sir. i think i will probably Get it back to close before I park it for the year. At the moment, I have a different height tire on the front. I might throw my tires i just pulled off the trailer on the front so the tires match at least on height.(still no 4x4 because the height will be taller than rear)
Thanks aurora girl, i can only think of two things when seeing your profile name,, the aurora borealis (from my home state Alaska) or colorado, i think we will get along just fine.....haaahaaa! Thanks for the slide on wheels...lol
Oh to add to info on my driveshaft if any of it is helpful to you, and hope it isthe weather checking is definitely more pronounced this last year than when I put them on. If they werent sitting in a small tripod pile in my moms yard since they were replaced by my step dad on his old 2005 chevy truck a few years back, directly in the sun and weather, face up, fileld with water etc etc, Im sure they wouldnt be as bad. But considering they sat in the sun and froze a few times, etc, I commend them for still holding it together and thats after my winter using the plow and the truck definitely putting the weight on those front ones while the rear ones just did their normal duty. 2k on the rear + the trucks normal weight, with the nose of the truck favoring the front ones probably isnt that hard on a 10 ply tire pair on the rear lol. at low speed.
on the driveshaft thing, diameter, circumference, those both would work. Im just wanting to know the "large" ness of the driveshafts compared to mine. I can measure mine. If you have the diameter you can find the circumference with a simple equation and if you have the circumference.. well frankly you only really need one or the other. if you do that for at least the one you put on your truck(from CUCV) that would be appreciated. But if you also do your one you removed, I would appreciate that too.
I just dont know what mine came off of technically, and the shear amount of trucks that were snipped up and parted and came through etc I dont know what it would be. I learned the np208 and cross member I have were probably, but this probably was not certain, out of two different vehicles, because my uncle says he was pretty sure the truck the np208 and sm465 came out of wasnt the same wheel base but he could remember if it was a short bed truck, possibly out of a GMC jimmy(which they had for a few years apparently) or if it all came in like a trade.. basically I could have a driveshaft that was *close enough* and if that is the case, I may just seek a CUCV one like you
