I'll be sure to check them out. My driveshaft is okay for now, I just wanted to check what kind of driveshaft I have. When I'm due for a replacement I will go with something rated for lots of power, since I will eventually follow you and Fatherford and enter the realm of the Whipple.

Damn brother, now that is some funny *** s**t!

 

Ford in '04-05 made these driveshafts with a different type of U-joint which, while removeable, was staked in, and made replacement spotty. THose are pretty much junk when the joints go bad.

The ones you're referring to, which say scrap if dropped, mostly have replaceable U-joints, but are made of thinwall steel and aren't very stout units. The joints are replaceable, but the question becomes do you WANT to?[/QUOTE]
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Look man you just proved my point and I really not trying to be rude but when some miss guided info is give to OP I would like to try and get it strait only for his benifit. Wrenching is what I do for a living but that in no way means I no it all but I to no drive lines. Yes ford did try and cut cost but what auto make doesn't but they did this buy not buying the e-clips to how the joints in instead the staked the, but the grooves the clips ride in are still there

In my first post I said to point that it is not a easy job for a novice to do in there drive way because you have to cut the old ones out then there a trick to get the new ones in correctly without any bidding and even I have trouble from Time to time.

Joking now. You really want to see a ****ed up stock u-joints replacement look up one on a 2010 Chevy 3500 Boy those a are real pita and I mean so of to the point you HAVE TO heat them a torch to melt the injected mold plasit out of them

 

The OP has a driveshaft with staked joints. My response was from personal experience with the driveshaft he's showing a picture of. They are, per Ford and the driveline shop I talked with after getting butthole deep in the job, non-replaceable and the shaft should be junked rather than attempting repair.

The same shaft with the e-clips in the u-joints are repairable, but as stated above, are thin wall steel and you have to ask yourself if you WANT to.

Advice is fine.

Corrections are fine.
Coulda fooled me.

Kthanxbai.

 

Just out of curiosity, are these u joints meant to be a "life of vehicle" part, or was it just a dumb idea?

 

Dumb idea. The intent was to save money on parts and assembly time (IIRC). Hopefully the eingineer went out the door with his/her milion dollars in tooling.

 

So what ur saying is that if a shop tells you fire isnt hot ur gonna believe them. OP if you want to throw ur money away as gone postal is suggesting then go ahead was just trying to help but you no what they say "everyone is a mechanic" lol good luck abd take care

 

Not everyone is a mechanic, but my employer pays me well to work on machinery for a living, as did my previous employer, as did the military before that.......I think that just might qualify (and not all driveshafts and U-joints are in the automotive world).

 

would anybody care to elaborate on how to replace the u-joints on the "non-servicable" shafts? thanks.

 

I think Bbdaddy1221 should do a write up on how to service the non serviceable shafts since he is so hell bent on proving it's the right thing to do