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Re: Shortening a driveshaft yourself [Re: Pyper70] #1111448 11/16/11 10:10 PM 11/16/11 10:10 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 74,978 U.S.S.A. JohnRR I Win
JohnRR I Win Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 74,978 U.S.S.A.	Quote: Quote: Quote: how would you feel about catapulting your car on a public road, injuring yourself, other driver, or your car? That's what insurance is for ... The point is to not require insurance for something that could be accomplished for $100. The deductible you are going to pay for the insurance is probably 5x the price of sending the driveshaft out and a whole lot less of a headache later on I left out the ... sorry ... it was a joke .

Re: Shortening a driveshaft yourself [Re: JohnRR] #1111449 11/16/11 11:59 PM 11/16/11 11:59 PM
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Quote: Quote: Quote: Quote: how would you feel about catapulting your car on a public road, injuring yourself, other driver, or your car? That's what insurance is for ... The point is to not require insurance for something that could be accomplished for $100. The deductible you are going to pay for the insurance is probably 5x the price of sending the driveshaft out and a whole lot less of a headache later on I left out the ... sorry ... it was a joke . Lawyers, too, you left out Lawyers...

Re: Shortening a driveshaft yourself [Re: dartman366] #1111450 11/17/11 01:52 AM 11/17/11 01:52 AM
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Pool Fixer master Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 3,001 Coram, NY	Quote: Quote: squashed flatter than a fart. I would love to know,, but do I dare ask? Not what I want on my tombstone. I live where everything costs out the Azz and everyone has their hand in your pocket for something. I used the mancini kit, mocked up in car, drew a line with a sharpie where I wanted them to cut and took it to the shop. It was like 50 or 60 bucks.

Re: Shortening a driveshaft yourself [Re: JohnRR] #1111451 11/17/11 05:54 AM 11/17/11 05:54 AM
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Pyper70 master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 5,891 Athens, Greece	Quote: Quote: Quote: Quote: how would you feel about catapulting your car on a public road, injuring yourself, other driver, or your car? That's what insurance is for ... The point is to not require insurance for something that could be accomplished for $100. The deductible you are going to pay for the insurance is probably 5x the price of sending the driveshaft out and a whole lot less of a headache later on I left out the ... sorry ... it was a joke . That smiley changes everything Family owned 1969 Charger R/T DualQuad 440/727/GVO/3.55s

Re: Shortening a driveshaft yourself [Re: Pyper70] #1111452 11/17/11 03:50 PM 11/17/11 03:50 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 25,750 Rio Linda, CA John_Kunkel Too Many Posts
John_Kunkel Too Many Posts Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 25,750 Rio Linda, CA	Quote: You are comparing something that you do once maybe twice during the life of a car and something you should be doing monthly. The point is, some people have the capabilities no matter how often they do it and some don't. Doing a driveshaft yourself is no different than building a motor (which one might do only every few years) if you know how to do it correctly. People have been "backyarding" driveshafts since the beginning of hotrodding. The INTERNET, the MISinformation superhighway

Re: Shortening a driveshaft yourself [Re: John_Kunkel] #1111453 11/17/11 05:50 PM 11/17/11 05:50 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 5,891 Athens, Greece Pyper70 master
Pyper70 master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 5,891 Athens, Greece	Quote: Quote: You are comparing something that you do once maybe twice during the life of a car and something you should be doing monthly. The point is, some people have the capabilities no matter how often they do it and some don't. Doing a driveshaft yourself is no different than building a motor (which one might do only every few years) if you know how to do it correctly. People have been "backyarding" driveshafts since the beginning of hotrodding. Which I understand. But the OP is asking if what he will be doing will suffice and if he is missing anything. We can infer he has never done one before...when I built my first motor I didn't ask a whole bunch of questions...I just did it by a book...and it worked. Even the most knowledgeable welders will still take it to a driveshaft shop because weld is one thing...the balance is not. We all give our "in favor of" and "against the job" for various things. If the OP'er (and no offense to him) was sure about doing it...he wouldn't have asked. Family owned 1969 Charger R/T DualQuad 440/727/GVO/3.55s

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