Macrobb
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On my new 2000 F-250, looks like the double cardan joint is toast. Like melted metal "drips" have come out of the center section where the pivot and pin should be.
So, assuming the pin side(which is a part of the driveshaft itself) is bad... what are my options?
Looks like the 'right' thing is to just buy a new driveshaft.
I'm thinking of just converting it to a single U-joint up there by taking both "ends" of the double cardan joint, cutting the center sections out(leaving just the U-joint ears), and attaching them together with a single U-joint.
I will probably have to add a spacer to the t-case output to make up the length that I just lost with this mod, but it still seems cheaper than $250 for a new shaft.
This would leave a single U-joint at each end, which should be fine - it would make it like my '93 F-250 was from the factory.
Any really good reasons why *not* to do this?
So, assuming the pin side(which is a part of the driveshaft itself) is bad... what are my options?
Looks like the 'right' thing is to just buy a new driveshaft.
I'm thinking of just converting it to a single U-joint up there by taking both "ends" of the double cardan joint, cutting the center sections out(leaving just the U-joint ears), and attaching them together with a single U-joint.
I will probably have to add a spacer to the t-case output to make up the length that I just lost with this mod, but it still seems cheaper than $250 for a new shaft.
This would leave a single U-joint at each end, which should be fine - it would make it like my '93 F-250 was from the factory.
Any really good reasons why *not* to do this?