D/S question

[Mr. Land Yacht]

I plan on getting an aluminum driveshaft...
when I searched around, I couldn't find the right answer...

Would a driveshaft from an aero Vic fit my merc?

[Lincolnmania]

yes but you need to use the aod front yoke and possibly your rear yoke
oh and if you see an alum towny shaft, ship it to me........too long to fit the vic and gm
scott

[Mr. Land Yacht]

ok, so the yokes are different?
how much would the yokes run me?
I'll be on the lookout for ya...

[Lincolnmania]

yokes are free assuming your car currently has a driveshaft..........look at boxes first, some had aluminum shafts, and those shafts are a direct swap, but i never find one that is not damaged from the yards moving the cars with equipment

[Mr. Land Yacht]

so, I can use the stock yokes that are on my car and just connect the driveshaft on them?

[turbo2256b]

yokes are free assuming your car currently has a driveshaft..........look at boxes first, some had aluminum shafts, and those shafts are a direct swap, but i never find one that is not damaged from the yards moving the cars with equipment

Yea found plenty of bent ones that way.

[turbo2256b]

so, I can use the stock yokes that are on my car and just connect the driveshaft on them?

Should work. I have some front and rear yokes stashed. Also have a ujoint tool makes easy work removing u joints. Have to be careful of those munimula shafts they bend easy. As I have stated before the are some HD PI and tow drive shafts with flanges on the rear that might not fit the flange on your rear axle. In this case the diff must be taken appart to change the flange on the rear axle.

[85MercPark]

Benefits?

[mrltd]

Lighter, less vibration, and better shock absorbtion...

I swapped the yoke and flange from my steel shaft right on to the aluminum one I had.

[p71towny]

Damn I want aluminum shafts!!! A towny one would rule

[turbo2256b]

Less rotational mass. Carbon fiber ones are better lighter and store energy that is released on launch but there in the 800$ range. But have seen seconds shaved off buy them

[DuceAnAHalf]

Less rotational mass. Carbon fiber ones are better lighter and store energy that is released on launch but there in the 800$ range. But have seen seconds shaved off buy them

You forgot the bad part. they dont dent or chip they just explode into thousands of little pieces.

[mrltd]

You mean the other bad part....other than the price..Costs more than most of the cars on this site!

[Southern_Pride]

I have an aluminum one from my 90 sitting in the shed. The rear flange is way fucking bigger and I was to lazy to change the rear yoke. But it is much lighter.