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*LILRED66* · 10-26-2009, 09:59 AM

My experience has been, they will shorten them, but they will not lengthen them. I ran into this issue recently, while doing a 3-speed Turbo Hydra Matic swap for a forum member. We went from a two piece to a one piece and went ahead and had a new one piece drive shaft made. It wasn't that much more to have a new one made, compared to, shortening the original front piece, welding on the slip yoke and balancing the assembly, so we went with a new one piece with new "U" joints.

10-26-2009, 09:59 AM	#5
LILRED66 Account Suspended Join Date: May 2005 Location: Kansas City, KS Posts: 3,906	Re: driveshaft 1964 longbed My experience has been, they will shorten them, but they will not lengthen them. I ran into this issue recently, while doing a 3-speed Turbo Hydra Matic swap for a forum member. We went from a two piece to a one piece and went ahead and had a new one piece drive shaft made. It wasn't that much more to have a new one made, compared to, shortening the original front piece, welding on the slip yoke and balancing the assembly, so we went with a new one piece with new "U" joints.