droped drive shaft

[caspear78]

i left out from the shop i hang out at and drop my drive shaft off the rear end, luckly all i did was kill the u joint, it didnt take me long to fix but the truck was in the way of everything cuz i couldnt get it in the shop, my next step is to go ahead and change the other 2 u joint, i will feel alot better aftetr i get the other 2 changed on it, at least then i can get on it hard and not worry about hearin my drive shaft hit my exhaust pipes and killin them more then it did today, i think the farthest i mad it from the shop parkin lot as about 10 feet, so im lucky it happend there and not out on the road 20 miles from no where, what is the best u joints for our trucksi want to uprade to someting better then stock

[1972C10]

Brute force is a good u joint . I run them in my hot rods i couldnt get stock u joints to hold up very long these last alot longer but dont have a grease fitting and are not cross drilled for grease canals.

If you have a half ton you will need Brute force part number BF0153

[caspear78]

found out today that my carrier bearing is going bad also in the drive line so ill end up replacein the other 2 u joints along with the carrier baearin, im hopein to get it all done on tuesday , ill be happier when its done

[rage'nrat638]

spicer u-joints.......not CROSSDRILLED.....
let your fingers do the walking to find them

[rage'nrat638]

best center support bearing on the market here........
http://www.iedls.com/bearings.html

[caspear78]

so ill ebed up havein to call alot of places to find them then??? rage, how much do they run?

[caspear78]

do ya think i shoiuld upgrade the carrier also while im at it, i just dont want to end up havein something go out again,lol

[rage'nrat638]

u-joints not to much different than others.....15.00

that center support....don't know???
saved that site from another post so when i am ready.....
i can buy the best

[caspear78]

i know the feelin, now that u posted it on here ill be savein it also

[caspear78]

nt and got some new ujoints tonite and hope that its not rainnin , in the mornin plaus i got a carrier bearin for it, i went ahead and got the brute force joints and the stock carrier bearin, the funny thing about the bearin is the guy at the store didnt know which one to give me, so ill pull my old one and see if its the rite one, if not ill bring it back and get another one

[caspear78]

does any one know the part number for the carrier bearin on our trucks, ive got a 1/2 ton by the way,lol

[caspear78]

no i have to wait another day to get the truck back on the road, i got the wrong carrier bearin for the truck last nite and didnt look at it before i bought the new one, and now have to wait cuz i went back to get the rite one and they didnt have it, and can get it tomorrow sometime, i really need to let it sit and just start fixin it up so i dont have to worry about anything else breakin on it

[caspear78]

ok im about to go crazy with my carrier bearin, has any one had trouble with gettin a carrier bearin from a parts house for our trucks, every bearin they showed me was all to short compared to the one that is in mine

[neonlarry]

best center support bearing on the market here........ http://www.iedls.com/bearings.html

These carrier bearings require some machine work to get them to fit. I have one, and I can e-mail anyone pics of what I did to it to get it to fit if you are interested. Just pm me and let me know.