ThoR294

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So I did a spec stage 2 clutch on my car... and i figured while im in there i should re-do the ujoints. I went to a shop to get the ujoints put in (i dont have a press and i dont trust my vice/hammer skillz)... and I told him to balance it for funsies. Well, it was way the fk off... with factory weights. so he took off a few weights to balance it out. Now, NO MORE HIGH SPEED SHAKING!! yaaaaaaaaa.

Moral of the story, if u pull out your driveshaft for some reason, GET IT BALANCED!

fergymoto

iTrader: (129)

Was this the steel shaft or an aluminum one?

ThoR294

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steel. ive heard people say that they are like unbalanced from the factory lol

fergymoto

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Yeah most of them are pretty bad.

lt1z28camaro

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Mine vibrates at about 90+....annoying, might look into that.

AChotrod

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Mine was terrible I swapped it for an great condition used 3" aluminum LS1 driveshaft for $75. Figured it was lighter anyways wich could be worth something. Car is smooth as hell now

94LT1Bird

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ive never noticed vibration

jarretthise

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not all of them are unbalanced but alot are..im going with an aluminum one eventually when i get the money...plus some of the next mods are going to be wieght reduction anyways without making the car look like it was butchered

qwk93ta

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When I had my LT1 I went with a LS1 DS, seemed to help reduce vibration in the car.

leadfoot4

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In some cases, it's not only a balance issue, but a lot of OE driveshafts don't run "true".

Purple95Z28

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Both of the 95 Z28s I've spent a lot of time on (my own and my friend's) had really bad driveshafts. I'm still running it in my car, I really have to replace that when I can. I'll probably end up waiting until I can put a rear end w/ custom driveshaft in it though.

ThoR294

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alum ones were pretty expensive from what i saw. and steel takes better abuse

nomoneyz

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I have no vibration issues with my stock driveshaft. I guess I'm a lucky one.

itSSlowZ28

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how much does it run to have the driveshaft balanced? i don't even think there are many shops around here with enough skill to be able to do it. i'd like to see how well balanced the stock aluminum LS1 ds's are

ScreaminRedZ

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I replaced the stocker in my 1993 TA with a 1LE back when I owned the car and it made a HUGE difference with high speed vibrations.

SS RRR

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Years ago there was a TSB put out for a balance problem with the stock steel driveshaft. The solution was to replace with a 1LE aluminum shaft. I took full advantage of this even though I had to fight tooth and nail even though I had the TSB number and bulletin on paper and they looked it up and located it themselves through their database.

ThoR294

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you have the TSB number? mind posting it? i wanna read it up.

Also, it cost me $30 to get it balanced.

TwoFast4Lv

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My Dennys Nitrous shaft is great!

SS RRR

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I'll rummage through my file of crap to see if I still have it handy and I'll scan it. This was 11 years ago so I dunno if I hung on to it. Hopefully I did...

AChotrod

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I had the TSB way back then also but dont know what ever happened to it. I had already taken care of it myself b4 I got it.