Long box one piece drive shaft??

[71 c10 rat]

i have a 71 long box that i just swapped a 454 and TH400 into. i would like to take the truck to the drag strip on the weeks and i'm not so sure if the 2 piece drive shaft would hold up. what would i have to do to make a 1 piece drive shaft work?

[Longhorn Man]

a 2 piece is stronger than a one piece, and is able to maintain better driveline angles. Make sure it is in good working order and it'll be fine

[Puropedo]

Originally Posted by 71 c10 rat

i have a 71 long box that i just swapped a 454 and TH400 into. i would like to take the truck to the drag strip on the weeks and i'm not so sure if the 2 piece drive shaft would hold up. what would i have to do to make a 1 piece drive shaft work?

Your driveline will probably hold up, but your bearing carrier will not, specially if is not the OEM beariing carrier, I had a two piece driveline on my shortbed and replaced the carrier didnt even lasted 4 months, so I just had them made me a 1 piece driveline, now, for your long bed Ive never seen one with a 1 piece driveline, my suggestion would be to to get a heavy duty bearing carrier but they are pricey$$$. Good luck.

[71 c10 rat]

any suggestions on a place to buy a heavy duty carrier bearing for the 2 piece drive shaft?

[hayhauler71]

I bought mine from Inland Empire Driveline best part i put on my truck. solid aluminum housing with polyurethane center

[71 c10 rat]

thanks for the all the help

[leddzepp]

Originally Posted by hayhauler71

I bought mine from Inland Empire Driveline best part i put on my truck. solid aluminum housing with polyurethane center

Just curious...what did they charge you for it?

[john]

Heres a link.

http://www.iedls.com/bearings.html

[hayhauler71]

Originally Posted by leddzepp

Just curious...what did they charge you for it?

about $75.00 shipped

[toddtheodd]

Originally Posted by Puropedo

...for your long bed Ive never seen one with a 1 piece driveline...

If it wasn't for the fact that it's raining and my motor is out of my truck, I would put it up on a lift and take a picture of it for you.
I had a 1 piece drive shaft put in when I found out that would be the cheaper route when my carrier bearing and u-joints went bad.
It was just under $300.00 to have it made, and installed with new u-joints.

[Puropedo]

Originally Posted by toddtheodd

If it wasn't for the fact that it's raining and my motor is out of my truck, I would put it up on a lift and take a picture of it for you.
I had a 1 piece drive shaft put in when I found out that would be the cheaper route when my carrier bearing and u-joints went bad.
It was just under $300.00 to have it made, and installed with new u-joints.

Does your truck have the stock height? I would think most likely, or else you would have clearance problems with the center crossmember.

[toddtheodd]

Originally Posted by Puropedo

Does your truck have the stock height? I would think most likely, or else you would have clearance problems with the center crossmember.

Dropped 2 inches all around.
No problems with clearance... though I haven't had it lifted up to change the tires yet... then again, I'll just make sure to insist that they lift it using the back axle.

[Naterman35]

Well heres a question. did any long beds come from the factory with a one peice... If not will any other vehicles swap driveshafts?... Mine has a 1 peice and im really guessing it wasnt custom... but it could have been.

[68 C-10 KID]

All you need is a 3/4 ton drive line & bracket set up. The carrier bearing holds up fine. Launch after launch @ 3600 RPM. The standard center hung will break in seconds.

You don't need any thing fancy. My Truck scales out at 4013lbs with me in it.
So to launch @ a 1.65 60' time after time it's tried and true.

[Longhorn Man]

no 67 - 72 LWB 2 wheel drive truck was ever sold with a one piece shaft. Most (if not all) full sized cars had 2 piece shafts too.