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'81 K20 front drive shaft from rock auto

JD Miller

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'81 K20 front drive shaft from Rock Auto?.... Thinking SKP..... Which one/ Brand did you buy?


1981 CHEVROLET K20 PICKUP 5.7L 350cid V8 Drive Shaft | RockAuto

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They sure could be made in the same place.

My son bought a Dorman for his excursion, Actually both of my boys did and has had great luck. Quality, balance seems great and much cheaper than having something built locally.
 
Skinny said:
Rebuild what you have or have a quality local person rebuild. Or just have a new one made.

You probably are getting a foreign built shaft with crap u joints.
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^ This!

I bought a cheapo shaft last year and sure enough, junk Chinese u-joints. The cardan joints were one off Chinese, not replaceable with any American size joint..... returned/shipped it back, bought a used oem off eBay and rebuilt it at home.
 
Tiha said:
My son bought a Dorman for his excursion, Actually both of my boys did and has had great luck. Quality, balance seems great and much cheaper than having something built locally.
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I had the rear driveshaft on my K2500 go out and had to use a Dorman to get it back on the road (all that was readily available). It has worked, but has some weird feelings to it that I'm not happy with. I really need to do something about it.
 
I recently had a shaft built by Shaftmasters. Price was good and quality was great also. May be worth shooting them a call or email.
 
Steve300xcw said:
Dimensions on dormans website say thats just a 1350 an nothin special
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I got that screenshot from napas website clicking through multiple 1350 ujoints. It was the only one that said for dorman shafts only. Oh well.
 
I dunno why it says that. Run the dorman part number and it gives you the lockup dimension. Same as any other 1350.

I want to say the oddball Ujoints were just a hair undersized on the caps. Been a while since I had one come through though
 
Skinny said:
Rebuild what you have or have a quality local person rebuild. Or just have a new one made.

You probably are getting a foreign built shaft with crap u joints.
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Why buy a whole new shaft when a local guy can fix whats wrong.:question:
 
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