caper

Anyone put in a one piece alum driveshaft , any issues ??

deere country

Why do you want it gone?

johnh

Steady bearing??????????????????????

gorms

I've heard some have had good luck with them, my local driveshaft shop said they don't last. They told me straight out they would make more money that day (building a one piece vs shortening my current shaft,) but they never recommend it.

deere country

I am assuming what was meant was hanger bearing. I cannot for the life of me understand why anyone would want an alluminum driveshaft. Alluminum works great for making items light wieght in many things like airplanes, snowmobiles, trailers, exc. Why is it you never see an airplane with welds in its alluminum, because they crack, why are Alluminum trailers riveted, because just like planes they crack when welded.

So why weld an alluminum yoke to a thin light weight tube and expect it to last? Besides the alluminum yoke loosing its ability to hold a u-joint in place after the original gets pressed out the first time. How easy it would be to bend the tube when running over some debree on the freeway.

I am sure their could be an all out performance race application where this could be benifiacial where every weight shedding ounce counts, but in a diesel 3/4 or 1 ton truck I think not.

u2slow

Quite sure when I changed my bearing it was the original... at ~330,000km

Since then I lifted truck, and now the rubber is getting pounded out of it. That's because the pinion angle changed (upwards). Most angulation is on the mid ujoint. My next suspension revision will lower the pinion again.

You can buy aftermarket polyurethane, greasable support bearings but they're $$$. I figured I could change about 4 timken units for that price.

My 2 cents.

loudhornsrule

Are yall talking about the carrier bearing?

patdaly

Yep, carrier bearing is what we call it also.....

torquefan

Up here we call it a steady bearing. Carrier bearings are in your differential.

patdaly

LOL, guess you got us, never though about it.

Busboy

If you split the amount you raised the truck then make a spacer/shim that thickness to lower the steady bearing it will smooth things out.

u2slow

I flipped my shackles, so my pinion is already raised. Lowering the bearing would actually make things worse.

caper

going through them like underwear , could of bought a new alum shaft by now the money im putting into them, ford and chev I believe are alum , I don't hear any complaints jumping out at me , maybe if I research a bit I might find something but I'm sure I would of saw something by now , Im gona go for it I think , Its a steady bearing , not a carrier bearing lol ,