Getting the shaft...

[4WDKC]

Why not pull the engine and tranny from the burban install in the truck and proceed with the swap you intend for the burban?

 

[TIE_Fightertk06]

Why not pull the engine and tranny from the burban install in the truck and proceed with the swap you intend for the burban?

That’d make sense, right?
But, my in laws are coming to visit for three months and we need a family hauler... My wife’s Jeep won’t cut it, and we only have the three vehicles.

 

[Honky Kong jr]

That’d make sense, right?
But, my in laws are coming to visit for three months and we need a family hauler... My wife’s Jeep won’t cut it, and we only have the three vehicles.

Ummm your truck has a bed it could be like Charlie’s grandparents sharing the same one....

 

[4WDKC]

That’d make sense, right?
But, my in laws are coming to visit for three months and we need a family hauler... My wife’s Jeep won’t cut it, and we only have the three vehicles.

how long till they get here and whats needed for the desired swap in the burban?

 

[TIE_Fightertk06]

Ummm your truck has a bed it could be like Charlie’s grandparents sharing the same one....

Ha! Nice reference. They’re a bit on in age, it’s Arizona winter, and they’re British. While it may be novel for a trip or two, they want to go to California over the Christmas holidays... I don’t think they’d make it to Palm Springs in the bed of the pickup

 

[TIE_Fightertk06]

how long till they get here and whats needed for the desired swap in the burban?

They get here on Wednesday... I still need to drop the hammer on the parts for the ‘burb swap, so it’ll have to wait. I’ve been going back and forth about what direction to take, and the *responsible* family-first route is the way to go for now...

 

[Honky Kong jr]

Ha! Nice reference. They’re a bit on in age, it’s Arizona winter, and they’re British. While it may be novel for a trip or two, they want to go to California over the Christmas holidays... I don’t think they’d make it to Palm Springs in the bed of the pickup

Probably not what’s Az winter 70s?

 

[TIE_Fightertk06]

Probably not what’s Az winter 70s?

We won’t see highs in the 70’s for another month or so. Definitely nothing to worry about:

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[Honky Kong jr]

We won’t see highs in the 70’s for another month or so. Definitely nothing to worry about:

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Well you suck lol

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wanna trade?

 

[TIE_Fightertk06]

Well you suck lol

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wanna trade?

Damn! That’s chilly. Colorado is pretty nice, though. Beautiful state. I’ll stick with this weather for now, thanks.

 

[Honky Kong jr]

Damn! That’s chilly. Colorado is pretty nice, though. Beautiful state. I’ll stick with this weather for now, thanks.

That’s Denver PA not CO lol

 

[HotRodPC]

I'm just now seeing this thread Jason. I do remember you summer vacation and drama with the driveshaft well. I'll stick with what I said way back then, That driveline shop pieced together 2 different driveshafts and made a piece of ****. They obviously missed something. What they missed I'm unsure of, but they missed totally. I'd never go back to that **** hole again. I know I asked you to ask them about balancing and they claimed this did.

I did skim this thread. Do I understand right? You've got a complete new driveshaft coming now? Maybe the best thing to do at this point. What I would have wanted, is for that POS driveline shop to give my front half of my driveshaft they tossed out in their bone yard and give them back their front half from a 1/2 ton Burb. Take my complete OEM driveshaft and have it shortened with the correct size U joint and 27 spline slip yoke for the 700r4, rebalance and then be done. That's what they should have done and did not do it. I'll assure you they didn't.

 

[TIE_Fightertk06]

That’s Denver PA not CO lol

Ha! Big difference, then. Although I have family not far from the PA border in upstate NY. Still beautiful country...

 

[TIE_Fightertk06]

@HotRodPC
Hey man! Yep, they definitely screwed me over. Absolutely denied any culpability in the problems... The failure was exactly the same and the driveshafts are definitely a bodge. I’m still trouble-shooting to see if anything else could compound the issue, but it doesn’t look like it. I checked the read end geometry, the trans location and tilt angle, and ultimately I think that the shaft may be too short, or there is something jacked with the slip joint on the rear driveshaft.
And yes, I have a badass 5” aluminum, billet ended driveshaft coming from a shop I used back in my trophy truck days. Overkill, but still pretty excited.
Now I need to build a loop for it just to be really confident on the road.

 

[OkieFishMan]

Post some pics up once you get the new driveshaft in. I want to see that piece or art. Should make for a nice smooth setup.