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Old Apr 9, 2001 | 09:23 AM
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Balancing a steel driveshaft

I recently went from 2:73 to 3:73's. Now when i go 70+ MPH i can feel i vibration. It gets much worse at 80 MPH and scary anything after. It feels fine up until 70. Where can i get the driveshaft balanced, and what driveshaft RPM can they be balanced to?

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Old Apr 9, 2001 | 01:35 PM
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From: Mercedes Norte, Heredia, Costa Rica
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Engine: 383 Carb
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Check the yellow pages under "Drive Shafts".
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Old Apr 9, 2001 | 02:24 PM
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I called around, thay are few and far between!! I was told that they can balance them "faster than i can go"
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Old Apr 9, 2001 | 03:16 PM
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If you think that was hard to find, try finding someone to balance an aluminum one.
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Old Apr 11, 2001 | 08:43 AM
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Its funny you said that, the shop said that they are almost impossible to balance.. but i think he does it.
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