The length of the driveshaft with a 6.5 box would make the driveshaft way too long for a single piece. There are companies that make replacement shafts with replaceable bearings, but shipping them from the US makes it expensive due to their weight. A reputable gear/allignment shop should be able to reinstall the carrier and a new driveshaft without any frame replacement. they can always weld on some gusseting or strengthening steel to the existing frame crossmember. The bearing support is bolted to the crossmember. If the threads have been ripped out, a welding shop can weld in some new nuts or a 1/2" thick plate and drill and tap it for the bolts. Your dealer isn't going to do those things in the interest of making money. I would try to call these guys and tell them what you need:

http://www.ptcinc.ca/home.html

or this:

http://www.canpages.ca/page/MB/winni...06-933400.html

A decent 4x4/offroad shop would be able to fix you up as well.

Worst case, go to a wrecker and cut off the cross member required and take it to a welding shop. much less money than a frame replacement.

YetiFab does custom frame/offroad work on vehicles. this would be simple work for them. get the number:

http://torrentoffroad.ca/services/

 

People have been successfully swapping to one-piece driveshafts for a while in megacab dodges (160" wheelbase). That shaft can't be much different length than a 157" f150

 

Unless it is 2wd right?

Anyway, I did the same thing in my F350 a few years ago. Had a buddy weld it back up and never thought about it again.

 

Yeah, probably wouldn't want to try it with a 2wd

 

Have no idea what happened 1st, seems like a chicken and egg thing...
Thank god this is will be done under warranty, my 5 year runs out in aug.

 

dont think so, otherwise this would be happening all the time ...

 

Talk about a little overreaction with the frame replacement idea, Look at the rest of your frame...looks great to me. These guys are all correct, man, any half competent welder could fix that up 100%. It's just metal. Myself, I'd ask the dealer to provide the carrier bearing and shaft if you need it, u joints and all, then I'd find the welder and hand him the truck. Looks like about an hours worth of work to me. Honest.

 

And trucks have been running carriers like that for longer than the 25 yrs that I've been driving, so the design is adequate although I use to replace those bearings a lot in the 80s and early 90s on the longer trucks. If your bearing went way out I suppose it could have made a weld breaking vibration. But it should have been obviously vibrating and making noise before that. IMO.

 

I'd be surprised if that is the only damage. But it just needs a new carrier welded to the frame, new shaft and U-joints.
And here is a warning to other that Winnipeg is rife with incompetent driveshaft / balancing shops. There is only one shop in all of Manitoba that is capable and does it correctly. (Even the shop that manufactures Fire Trucks is incompetant...)

 

Let me chime in here, a frame costs $7000 to replace. Ask me how I know. I just replaced mine less than 6 months ago and the truck runs like new.