how much rust is too much on a driveshaft?

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how much rust is too much on a driveshaft? #3032144 04/09/22 03:45 PM 04/09/22 03:45 PM
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Andrewh OP master A Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 8,688	I am not sure it is worth worrying about. my car came out of chicago, so the driveshaft is pretty pitted. but it doesn't have any significant horsepower to worry about twisting it or anything. I am going through the driveline now, and noticed how rusted it looked. 1965 coronet with a 5.9 mag in it now. was originally a poly. original 273 gears. do I just wait for it to fail if ever, or is it not even worth worrying about?

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how much rust is too much on a driveshaft?	Andrewh	04/09/22 07:45 PM
Re: how much rust is too much on a driveshaft?	cudaman1969	04/09/22 09:57 PM
Re: how much rust is too much on a driveshaft?	Ramrod39	04/10/22 06:35 PM
Re: how much rust is too much on a driveshaft?	57Fury440	04/09/22 10:16 PM
Re: how much rust is too much on a driveshaft?	BigDaddy440	04/09/22 11:23 PM
Re: how much rust is too much on a driveshaft?	stumpy	04/10/22 12:00 AM
Re: how much rust is too much on a driveshaft?	Andrewh	04/10/22 01:18 AM
Re: how much rust is too much on a driveshaft?	topside	04/10/22 01:26 AM
Re: how much rust is too much on a driveshaft?	Fat_Mike	04/10/22 02:15 AM
Re: how much rust is too much on a driveshaft?	fourgearsavoy	04/10/22 02:48 AM
Re: how much rust is too much on a driveshaft?	burdar	04/10/22 02:59 AM
Re: how much rust is too much on a driveshaft?	340SIX	04/10/22 07:43 PM
Re: how much rust is too much on a driveshaft?	Andrewh	04/10/22 07:49 PM
Re: how much rust is too much on a driveshaft?	NITROUSN	04/10/22 01:33 AM
Re: how much rust is too much on a driveshaft?	Andrewh	04/10/22 01:41 AM
Re: how much rust is too much on a driveshaft?	NITROUSN	04/10/22 01:22 AM

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