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Stolen Driveshaft
Q. Hello, Jonathan from Arizona here. I've talked to you via email in the past and you have been very helpful. Due to you're willingness to take the time to consider all probable possibilities "that could be", I have saved much money. For this I thank you.
Now on to my problem at hand: I have a 1977 Chevy Van, G-10 350 cid 4 barrel auto. and I'm trying to change it into a Camaro - I'm just kidding. LOL. Anyway, I had it parked on an empty lot for sale and some shaft nabbing bandito decided it would go nicely with his bedroom set at home or whatever it may be. IN ENGLISH: someone stole my drive shaft, joints and all. My predicament is: How do I go about installing another drive shaft without knowing the proper alignment of the U joints and shaft in conjunction with the tranny? I don't want to end up putting it on bass akwards and have to do it all over. I would appreciate your help immensely.
Thanks for all your help,
JonathanA. Having a drive shaft stolen might have surprised me before, but I had a customer who came in and had a lock and chain on his muffler. he said it was stolen twice before and now he locks it to the car. Then I was at a Nissan dealer where not one, but two hoods were stolen off two brand new 280-ZX's.
This is not a big problem Jonathan, just go to any junkyard and you can buy a whole drive shaft assembly, U joints and all, and just slap it in.
If you figure out how to change that van into a Camero, let me know. I have a Pinto I'd like to change into a SL600.
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