Re: [Chrysler300] Driveshaft balancing

[Keith Boonstra <kboonstra@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I meant to say the guy owns the driveline shop which rebuilt both of my 
u-joints (after I supplied the ball-and-trunion kit), but he won't 
balance the works.  Says he warned me and it's my problem to deal with.

Keith

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On 8/18/2011 5:17 PM, sirvanhool@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> That person is a nut. Just let them do it their way then when they 
> blow the shaft apart or maybe the rear they will learn to listen. I 
> have a hurst300 with a 400hp plus high torque motor and. I have had 2 
> drivesafts rebalanced for it. Car runs smooth as silk with the proper 
> balance done on a lathe.
>
> /Connected by DROID on Verizon Wireless/
>
>
> -----Original message-----
>
>     *From: *keboonstra <kboonstra@xxxxxxxxxxxx>*
>     To: *Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx*
>     Sent: *Thu, Aug 18, 2011 20:58:27 GMT+00:00*
>     Subject: *[Chrysler300] Driveshaft balancing
>
>     We have a pretty grumpy driveline owner here in West Michigan who
>     refuses to consider balancing a driveshaft with a ball-and-trunion
>     joint on it - standard issue on the '57 Chrysler at least. This
>     yahoo's statement is they were junk and unbalanceable when they
>     were new and they still are - so forget it. He says all you can do
>     is hit the road and keep putting weights on the shaft with a hose
>     clamp until the trial and error makes it better. Then he all but
>     hung up on me.
>
>     Look, Chrysler balanced many millions of them, and there's no way
>     that it's impossible to do. Matter of fact, there is already a
>     small weight welded to my driveshaft from its origin.
>
>     I then called another driveline shop where they said that if I
>     created a 4-5" diameter plate attached on that end by the 4 bolts,
>     they thought they would be able to chuck the ball-and-trunion end
>     in their machine and computer balance the shaft.
>
>     Is this the way to do it, or does someone out there have some
>     tricks and advice on the best way to go about it?
>
>     Thanks.
>     Keith Boonstra
>
>     
>


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