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Topic: driveshaft balancing with hose clamps??
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capri man
Gearhead Posts: 6417
From: doerun, ga.
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 03-09-2005 10:54 AM
   
anyone ever heard of this and how is it done?? i am at my wits end with my suburban (sorry) tow truck.------------------
mike r
racing is real
everything else is just a game.
81 capri-302-7.25 @93mph 1/8
1.54 60 ft.
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mustangmach
Journeyman Posts: 59
From: Clinton,OK,USA
Registered: Nov 2003
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posted 03-09-2005 12:32 PM
It has been a few years since I tried this but if I remember correctly, you place a clamp on the lower end(close to the differential) and snug it up, test drive, then keep rotating clamp around driveshaft until the vibration is minimized. Good Luck!!
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pmhvps
Gearhead Posts: 448
From: Lowville,Ontario,Canada
Registered: Oct 2003
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posted 03-09-2005 01:09 PM
Mike. Are you sure it is not bent? I had a F-250 that I thought was out of balance and tried the hose clamp thing. I was going through U-joints like crazy. It turned out the drive-shaft got bent. I guess it was from hauling a 5th wheel trailer with a lot of weight? Or may-be I hit something...don't know. Bent it some how though. 
Mike.
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steve'66
Gearhead Posts: 8826
From: Sonoma,CA,USA
Registered: Mar 2000
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posted 03-09-2005 02:30 PM
Mike,The procedure is detailed in the Mopar Performance book. I don't have a copy though. You use two clamps at the front of the shaft first, alternating the heads 90 degrees apart yadayada.... Then you use two on the rear to fine tune it. Sorry I can't remember all the details. I'd just take the driveshaft to a driveline shop and have it balanced right.  SteveW [This message has been edited by steve'66 (edited 03-09-2005).]
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adragon8u
Gearhead Posts: 4916
From: Oceano, Ca. member# 2895
Registered: Mar 2003
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posted 03-09-2005 03:58 PM
You got mail  ------------------
"It's better to have loved a short girl,
Then never to have loved a tall"
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capri man
Gearhead Posts: 6417
From: doerun, ga.
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 03-09-2005 04:57 PM
thanks mike, i got it. ------------------
mike r
racing is real
everything else is just a game.
81 capri-302-7.25 @93mph 1/8
1.54 60 ft.
http://community.prestage.com/Member+Pages/789.aspx
M&M member #839
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Fordwiser
Gearhead Posts: 390
From: Metamora, Illinois
Registered: Dec 2000
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posted 03-09-2005 07:26 PM
Think on chevys they use globs of chewing gum! :-)
Sorry couldn't resist
Roger
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