Drive, Propeller shaft interchangeable
Asked by Gowl Mar 15, 2013 at 03:11 PM about the 2006 Mazda Tribute i AWD
Question type: Maintenance & Repair
My daughter has a 2006 Mazda Tribute, 4WD, 3 .0L Engine Automatic. Drive shaft is bad. She can’t afford a new one. If I get a used drive shaft for a 2006 there is a good chance that will not be in great shape either. Can I interchange the shaft from say a 2010 Mazda Tribute, 4WD, 3 .0L Engine Automatic. Chances are better of getting a good shaft from a later model. Thanks.
8 Answers
What is wrong with the shaft? We used to change the U joints and reuse them.
The shaft has rusted very badly and become unbalanced.
migration_judge_roy answered 11 years ago
hey, they are only around forty dollars a shaft at rockauto.com~
I had a driveshaft balanced for $15. Now, that was about 10 years ago, so say double it. Then it can be bead blasted, another $15 bucks, totaling more than the one Bob mentioned, not to mention all the running around with a driveshaft sticking out your window in the back seat unless you have a truck. Go for that one at Rock.. As for your original question Gowl the only way to know for sure is try it, put a tape measure on both first
I gotta start proof reading my answers before posting instead of correcting them 4 times and re posting sheesh
migration_judge_roy answered 11 years ago
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Better already. I just make a lot of spelling and grammar mistakes, type things out without even watching the screen and post, sometime looks like a 2nd grader wrote it, so I copy it, edit it, and re post
migration_judge_roy answered 11 years ago
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