CVPI driveshaft

[ctrlraven]

I'll have mine in the next few days. Is there anything I should note to look for on it to make sure it's okay? Just to save a trip back to the performance shop that tracked it down for me if I need to have them exchange it for another one. Owner of the shop had wherever he is getting it from double check the color code on it also.

I will be having a well known local driveshaft repair shop high speed balance it and install new hardware on it before it's installed.

[musclemerc]

Just make sure its a real MMX.

I got 2 I picked awhile ago for 100.00 each

[Blackened300a]

Just make sure its a reat MMX.

I got 2 I picked awhile ago for 100.00 each

Any chance of selling one of them?

[J D]

Or both if you're not using 'em?

[ctrlraven]

Picked up the driveshaft yesterday, shop owner was going to clean it for me but part of the color stripes wiped off so he waited for me to actually see it. Had the driveshaft repair shop check it out and they said it was perfect, no re-balancing needed and U-joints were in great shape.

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[Speed]

crtlraven,
What shop are you using? I have one (MMC Police ALCOA) of these sitting around and would like to get checked out and balanced if necessary. Color stripes are pink, green, blue correct?

[babbage]

crtlraven,
What shop are you using? I have one (MMC Police ALCOA) of these sitting around and would like to get checked out and balanced if necessary. Color stripes are pink, green, blue correct?

pink/blue/orange = Aluminum
pink/green/blue = MMC


If the stripes are gone you can weigh it too. MMC is several pounds lighter than the aluminum shaft.
Good place near me to get it checked. http://www.dennysdriveshaft.com/
Most places will only spin it at 500 rpm...

[Speed]

Nope stripes along with the name and part # are still present a little dull but still there...NY is a little to far

[MM2004]

pink/blue/orange = Aluminum
pink/green/blue = MMC


If the stripes are gone you can weigh it too. MMC is several pounds lighter than the aluminum shaft.
Good place near me to get it checked. http://www.dennysdriveshaft.com/
Most places will only spin it at 500 rpm...

I doubt that. And would hope not.

Most driveshaft balance is around 3,000 RPM at a minnimum.

Go elsewhere if they cannot hit those RPM's.

Mike.

[Ktorres1]

Good call on the driveshaft, that to me is a must do for 4.10 gears and is the reason I'm holding off for now.

[musclemerc]

^ Not just for the 4:10's... It's a great upgrade period!

[fastblackmerc]

Good call on the driveshaft, that to me is a must do for 4.10 gears and is the reason I'm holding off for now.

I just did 105mph with 4.10's and a stock driveshaft around CMS. No vibrations.

All this crap about "if you install 4.10's with the stock driveshat your tranny will fail" is just that............ crap

Install the 4.10's.

Normal driving with the 4.10's will do no harm.

Occasional blasts to triple digits would affect anything either.

[babbage]

I just did 105mph with 4.10's and a stock driveshaft around CMS. No vibrations.

All this crap about "if you install 4.10's with the stock driveshat your tranny will fail" is just that............ crap

Install the 4.10's.

Normal driving with the 4.10's will do no harm.

Occasional blasts to triple digits would affect anything either.

Ahem, wrong. There not only have been cases reported, but fully documented cases complete with blown tailshaft housing pictures and such posted right here. Just beacuse it hasn't happened to you personally doesn't make it the norm. I think I've read about at 5 on this very site.

[fastblackmerc]

Ahem, wrong. There not only have been cases reported, but fully documented cases complete with blown tailshaft housing pictures and such posted right here. Just beacuse it hasn't happened to you personally doesn't make it the norm. I think I've read about at 5 on this very site.

5 out of how many cars?

Normal driving with 4.10's won't cause any damage.

Sustained high speed, 100mph+, might cause damage.

[CBT]

5 out of how many cars?
11,052 silly :lol:

[fastblackmerc]

Alot of people think that installing 4.10's will cause problems IF they don't install a different driveshaft. That is just not true.

[ctrlraven]

crtlraven,
What shop are you using? I have one (MMC Police ALCOA) of these sitting around and would like to get checked out and balanced if necessary. Color stripes are pink, green, blue correct?
I gave my driveshaft to the shop next door to my work, the owners use A1 Driveshafts out of Baltimore ( http://a1driveshaft.com/index.html ).

Yes the stripes on mine were pink, green and blue. Which while cleaning it they came off, I saw them before hand and the police stamp was still on.

Give A1 a call, if you can't drop it off to them we could always meet up and I'll give the DS to owner next door and he would have A1 come out and get it like he did with mine. I think I had mine back in 4-5 hrs.

[-Matt-]

Ahem, wrong. There not only have been cases reported, but fully documented cases complete with blown tailshaft housing pictures and such posted right here. Just beacuse it hasn't happened to you personally doesn't make it the norm. I think I've read about at 5 on this very site.


...... which had nothing to do with the 4:10's

[ctrlraven]

I replaced mine just to be safe but also the fact that the weights on my factory DS were started to come away from the shaft some. I can't really have the vehicle down for X amount of time so it is just easier to get one (which happened to be in great shape) and I'll just swap them out.

[Blackened300a]

4 years with 4.10s and many triple digit blasts on private tracks and just recently at CMS. No stress on the tailshaft.