For people who are looking for a new 1- piece driveshaft or have converted to.
10-15-2009, 02:36 PM
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For people who are looking for a new 1- piece driveshaft or have converted to.
So I bought a 1 piece DS about a year ago from sutton HP and had terrible vibrations ever since. * Plus they do not offer this shaft anymore! * Now that I am on vacation I have a few extra moments to look over my car and fine tune the things I did not have a chance to before. I took my shaft to a highly reputable drive shaft builder here in Atlanta, immediately when the tech saw the shaft he told me this shaft is a Ford Ranger shaft!@~?? To my amazement I was floored, he said; yeah a bunch of people go junkyard bowling finding new body style rangers and buy the drive shafts off them. Then they get the shaft shortened and balanced for under $100.... WTF?! For about $200 I could have done the same!
Just a heads up for the people that did not know this yet.
here is a link to buy a brand new ranger shaft,
2002-03 Ranger pickup 4x4
http://truck.hownd.com/product-2024-...-assembly.html
Just a little pissed spending over $500 on something that needs to be fixed and is not sold on their site anymore...
Just a heads up for the people that did not know this yet.
here is a link to buy a brand new ranger shaft,
2002-03 Ranger pickup 4x4
http://truck.hownd.com/product-2024-...-assembly.html
Just a little pissed spending over $500 on something that needs to be fixed and is not sold on their site anymore...
10-15-2009, 04:07 PM
#3
So did you fix the vibration problems? Buy a new shaft?
Says it fits 3&4L engines. Could this work on a 4.0 mustang without vibrations you think? I'd still rather buy a shaft specific to these cars but if it saves me a couple hundred dollars and wont have vibrations (maybe cuzz ur a 4.6?) I'd have to give it more consideration...
Says it fits 3&4L engines. Could this work on a 4.0 mustang without vibrations you think? I'd still rather buy a shaft specific to these cars but if it saves me a couple hundred dollars and wont have vibrations (maybe cuzz ur a 4.6?) I'd have to give it more consideration...
10-15-2009, 06:00 PM
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It's not fixed yet I doped it off this morning. Worse case I told them to build me a new one that is a true 3.5" shaft since the current one still rubs, so I might have to sacrifice for a steel one.
Sorry Wally you fell for it too... I guess the other folks on this forum are right, just take a part from another year/ model and jack up the price and change the part number and call it a new part for the s197s!?.
I had no idea it was off a ranger, until today.
Marketing at its finest!
Sorry Wally you fell for it too... I guess the other folks on this forum are right, just take a part from another year/ model and jack up the price and change the part number and call it a new part for the s197s!?.
I had no idea it was off a ranger, until today.
Marketing at its finest!
10-15-2009, 06:01 PM
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Shaftmasters doesn't cut down Ranger shafts, they build their own shafts from the ground up. I've never had a vibration with my Shaftmasters. (www.shaftmasters.com)
10-15-2009, 07:24 PM
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Shaftmasters doesn't cut down Ranger shafts, they build their own shafts from the ground up. I've never had a vibration with my Shaftmasters. (www.shaftmasters.com)
drfister - Don't try and shave a few hundred by getting a cut down shaft, you could have some serious problems if anything happens to that shaft, especially on the highway. Just spend the extra and do it right.
