I want to share with you guys and see if any of you have dealt with this before. This is the 3.7l v6.. and I managed to break driveshaft bolts. It wasn’t from a launch either, I eased into 1st gear doing about 10-15 mph.. eased into and hit 2nd gear and that’s when I broke all three bolts of the drive shaft at the transmission end. Luckily driveshaft stayed on and did not fly off.. I had to get it towed home.

This weekend I’ll be removing the remainder of the bolt that is stuck in the threads and replacing with new bolts.. grade 8.

Now for you guys.. I’m worried that with the impact of the hit that the driveshaft will now be unbalanced... I think the fact that the driveshaft did not hit the ground it should be alright, but I could be wrong.

Let me know your guys opinions. Either way I will find out for sure as soon as I get the car back on the road. I’ll be checking for any sorts of vibrations.. and if it does I’ll have no choice but to let the car sit till I can afford a new shaft. Perhaps a one piece.

Thanks guys!

If any of you are curious not much has been done to the car.. I’ll list it down here..

Roush Intake
Shorty headers
Eibach Springs
X Pipe
Roush Mufflers
I also have 10.5 wide wheels on the rear.. warpped in 275’s.. not a crazy amount of tire but it definitely did not budge this time.