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So somehow (way too long of a story) my driveshaft has a giant dent in it. Obviously bent. I'm in between a 1 piece swap, and the same style. I want to do the 1 piece swap, but can't make sense of the flange/u-joints. I haven't had problems with a 2 piece yet (besides the one in my other ranger throwing a carrier bearing after 200k miles...)
As far as I can tell from the tech articles, any 98+ (steel) will bolt right in without changing flanges or the like. If I don't have to, then I'll do the work to put a 1 piece in.
Mostly I'm concerned about this because it's spend $60 to have a new carrier bearing pressed on, or do some work on the truck. I don't want to have to worry about that carrier being of unknown quality. On either shaft, I will replace the u-joints with fresh ones, and pull it apart and lube it.
So besides the flange/u-joint question, what are the opinions on actually doing the swap?
As far as I can tell from the tech articles, any 98+ (steel) will bolt right in without changing flanges or the like. If I don't have to, then I'll do the work to put a 1 piece in.
Mostly I'm concerned about this because it's spend $60 to have a new carrier bearing pressed on, or do some work on the truck. I don't want to have to worry about that carrier being of unknown quality. On either shaft, I will replace the u-joints with fresh ones, and pull it apart and lube it.
So besides the flange/u-joint question, what are the opinions on actually doing the swap?
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