they got it done today and i just went and picked it up, cost me 301.43 but it was well worth it, i thought they were just going to put new ends and u joints on it but they ended up pretty much building me a whole new driveshaft, it looks great too! spicer u-joints too!

 

that was high.....i think Beard got a 4wd extended cab aluminum shaft made for $400....

 

well it was 278.46 without tax, idk what some of the stuff on this sheet means, but idc, this one looks a hell of a lot better that the rusty old one that came off of my truck

 

heres the reciept:

 

it is aluminum so im good to go!

 

not bad for aluminum! they keep your old one?

 

yah they did, it was all chewed up from when it skidded all over the road when the u-joint popped, thats why i thought they were just gonna put some new ends on it

 

where did you have it done???

 

Greshams Industrial Supply
1500 E 2nd St
Odessa, Tx 79761
not sure if they gave me a break on it or not bc my grandpa used to work there but they do some nice work, i forgot you moved to midland! we still need to get that meet going sometime

 

Looks purty!

 

even purtier in person!

 

why did u get a new one?

 

due to neglect for my u-joint(when i knew it was going out) the driveshaft fell off of the differential at 65 mph and chewed the end up on the road, so i had to get it fixed, i dropped it off thinking that they were just goint put a new end on the driveshaft and new u-joints but since they new my grandpa, they just built me a whole new one

 

cool.....need to look into going there when i need mine done......stupid muffler hits the driveshaft on some bumps cause the guy that i bought it off of had the muffler installed wrong. but anyways.

really good work though man.

 

damn, theres one of those in my dads garage im sure he would have sold for less then that.

 

the rear flange was on my diff still, cuz the u-joint kinda fell apart, got under there and really looked at it and the yoke was kinda busted up to so i had to go get a new one from ford this morning, gonna get it on when i get home tonight from work

 

an 05 and u already needed a new U Joint? for all i know the one on mine is origional



no nevermind i take that back, 2 years ago it was origional when i trashed that driveshaft and got a new one for $250

 

well its what happens when you beat the hell outa your truck, my trucks been through some tough stuff, like jumping it

 

mines been through hell and back too

 

well what i figured what happened is when i jumped my truck-about 6 foot in the air, my drive shaft went fully forward and the slip yoke at the transmission went in as far as it could and caused the u joint to get in a very bad bind and pretty much shear off 2 of the arms on the u-joint, and it eventually lost the c clips and slowly but surely fell apart