Drive shaft

Asked by lumberhoe Sep 30, 2017 at 07:25 PM about the 2001 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 RWD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Can I weld the drive shaft on a 2001
Silverado stepside with off road package

2 Answers

Any mods to the drive shaft need to be done by a shop that specialized in driveshafts.

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Like Tom said, balancing of a driveshaft is very important. Welding would put weight in different areas of the diameter and make this thing spin unbalanced making a racket and potentially falling off.

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