Rusting Drive shaft on 2006?
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yup its normal. There's steel driveshafts and aluminum. I don't remember if there's a diff. I think mines rusted also and it really doesnt make adiff, altho urs rusted quickly!
You could prolly lightly(aka dont scratch really hard) sand off much of the rust and take rustoleum spray paint and paint it either silver/black. Jus make sure you don't change the thickness at all of the driveshaft, since it spins really fast and is therefore balanced.
Aaron
You could prolly lightly(aka dont scratch really hard) sand off much of the rust and take rustoleum spray paint and paint it either silver/black. Jus make sure you don't change the thickness at all of the driveshaft, since it spins really fast and is therefore balanced.
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When I bought my truck new the driveshaft was rust brown. Its nothing to worry about.
Instead of sanding and painting and risking getting it out of balance, I'd "paint" a thin layer of rust converter onto it. It will turn black after a day or so. I did the same thing with the rotors on Kara's car before a car show.. the hats and ends were ugly rust brown, converter turned them a more sightly black without changing the balance of the rotor. Obviously I didn't put it on the pad-swept area, I imagine it could contaminate the pad.
Instead of sanding and painting and risking getting it out of balance, I'd "paint" a thin layer of rust converter onto it. It will turn black after a day or so. I did the same thing with the rotors on Kara's car before a car show.. the hats and ends were ugly rust brown, converter turned them a more sightly black without changing the balance of the rotor. Obviously I didn't put it on the pad-swept area, I imagine it could contaminate the pad.
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The Al shafts went into the extended cab Rangers when Ford found out that the weight of such a long steel shaft would make a loud "clunk" as the truck began to move. Some folks were able to get their steel shafts exchanged, till Ford got cheap and shut down the "silent" recall. Regular cabs come with the steel shaft, and it will rust fairly quickly. There's a lot of steel there, so I wouldn't worry about it. If you're worried about that, I suggest not looking at the steel pan that covers the bottom of your steering column.
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Originally Posted by SilverTank
The Al shafts went into the extended cab Rangers when Ford found out that the weight of such a long steel shaft would make a loud "clunk" as the truck began to move. Some folks were able to get their steel shafts exchanged, till Ford got cheap and shut down the "silent" recall. Regular cabs come with the steel shaft, and it will rust fairly quickly. There's a lot of steel there, so I wouldn't worry about it. If you're worried about that, I suggest not looking at the steel pan that covers the bottom of your steering column.
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Lucky asses with aluminum shafts...LOL..
Would it be alright to get mine sandblasted and painted? Just as long as the paint is thin like ya'll said? I know we have a sandblaster around here somewhere, and i could throw a couple of coats of black paint on it....that would be great, much better than RUST.
Would it be alright to get mine sandblasted and painted? Just as long as the paint is thin like ya'll said? I know we have a sandblaster around here somewhere, and i could throw a couple of coats of black paint on it....that would be great, much better than RUST.
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