front prop shaft questions

[phil conrad]

I think the prop shaft on my sy is not long for this world. The ruber boot at the front is torn. I assume this is not good. I am thinking either having dynotech re do it or buy one from atr. What do you think ? Also does anybody have a wed address or phone number for dynotech ?

Thanks

 

[ParTyBoy]

Re: front prop shaft questions

I think the prop shaft on my sy is not long for this world. The ruber boot at the front is torn. I assume this is not good. I am thinking either having dynotech re do it or buy one from atr. What do you think ? Also does anybody have a wed address or phone number for dynotech ?

Thanks

Well either you can choose to have your local shop make one out of spicer components, you can have brandon make you one out of spicer components, or you can have Dynotech/Al Dustan make you one out of spicer components... your choice..


FYI: I decided I'd give the Dynotech/Al Dustan "Upgrade" unit a try... price is $490... nice looking shaft only problems are the rubber piece of the the tranny linkage rubs against the shaft which in time will cause that rubber piece to break apart.. Other "main" problem is the metal piece holding the tranny linkage itself..There was only about 1/8" clearence between the metal linkage and the propshaft... Most likely you're going to need to have this taken off and ground down 1/4" ... Before I had the linkage ground I had a vibration.. stuck the truck up ona lift; gave the shaft a look over... Where once there was black paint on the shaft I could now see bare metal about 1/2" long on the middle portion of the shaft.. Tranny linkeage was acting as a lathe on the shaft when the transmission shifted gears or hit high speed/rpm... Again this was solved by simply removing the metal piece holding the linkage and having it ground down 1/4".. Just make sure you get the newer style cardigan unit...

You can buy the propshaft from either:

Al Dustan www.sportmachines.com/dpt

or

Dynotech www.dynotechengineering.com

 

[phil conrad]

Thanks for the info. I think I will be having my stock one re done at a local shop. The bolts seem to be some kind of weird fastner. Is there a special wrench for these ? If so where can I get one ?
Thanks

 

[Makaveli]

They are an odd style but regular sockets work fine. I just did mine a few days ago. Just make sure when you're puttin em in that the socket is seated well, otherwise the bolts will strip likes it's their job.

 

[SY2932]

The bolts holding the prop shaft on are "torx" bolts. The front is a "E12" and the rear is a "E14". I bought a set of sockets from Autozone to remove mine for less than $10. If you don't want to have to deal with them down the road, replace them with regular hex headed bolts graded 10.9 The front is M10-1.50X25 mm and the rear is M12-1.75X25 mm. You can get the full write up on propshaft R/R here: http://www.techweasel.com/articles/syty/propshaft.htm HTH's

Mike Campbell