Both drive lines serviced. $220

[Skillet]

I dropped both of my drivelines, took them to a place near here that specializes in drivelines.
To have both drivelines, cleaned, balanced, painted (half ass) and have new U-joints installed, cost me $220. Edit, also, he said he had to slightly straighten one, as I had banged it pretty good on a rock.
Does that sound fair?
The U-joints were mine, they were not included in the price.
Seemed kinda pricey but maybe I am off base.

 

[-Spike-]

Sounds pretty good to me. Shop labor is usually at least $55/hour, so that's 4 hours to replace 4 u-joints, clean, straighten and balance. I'd wonder how he straightened a driveshaft- I'd personally rather replace the tube (and get a thicker-walled one at the same time) but I'm no expert.

-Spike

 

[Atticus]

I dropped both of my drivelines, took them to a place near here that specializes in drivelines.
To have both drivelines, cleaned, balanced, painted (half ass) and have new U-joints installed, cost me $220. Edit, also, he said he had to slightly straighten one, as I had banged it pretty good on a rock.
Does that sound fair?
The U-joints were mine, they were not included in the price.
Seemed kinda pricey but maybe I am off base.

That beats the hell out of what I did. I got both cleaned, balanced, new ujoints, and replaced. For free they put the front drive shaft in phase, the rear drive shaft out-of-phase, and the front drive shaft back in backwards.

What a deal.

Anyway, I've got the front drive shaft out of phase, but the rear one has not been addressed yet, and I've got vibration and all sorts of driveline noise. I hope that when I get the rear shaft rephased and rebalanced it goes away, but I think there may be something amiss in the front end.

 

[stevek]

The driveline place I use in town installs the joints free if you buy them there, about 15-20 bucks a joint through them. They will balance and paint the shaft for 65 bucks.

 

[IdahoDoug]

Seems high considering you brought them in, so they didn't have to remove/replace them. Plus the joints.

DougM

 

[AATLAS1X]

http://www.driveshafts.com/images/hp_driveshaft.jpg


They did mine, paint sucked! http://www.driveshafts.com/

 

[Skillet]

The guy was very skeptical about this whole out-of -phase thing.
He claimed that it did not matter as long as they were balanced correctly.
He lined the yokes up on both and told me not to worry.
Also, he stated that that was most important on "dry shaft" lines and when Ford did that one year on a 4x4 truck, they had to put them back in phase because it actually limited movement and made a clunk.
This guy seems to have a pretty good rep. and claims to have done these shafts many times.
Lots of picture of expeditions and the vehicles he made drivelines for with great success.
Any ideas on this before I reinstall the damn things.

 

[sleeoffroad]

The guy was very skeptical about this whole out-of -phase thing.
He claimed that it did not matter as long as they were balanced correctly.
He lined the yokes up on both and told me not to worry.

Wrong, the 80 front the only Toyota we have seen with this setup. In phase does not work. I suspect it is because the angles of the pinion and transfer case flange is like this \---/ Why did he change the phase. I would take it back and have them balance it out of phase.

Also, he stated that that was most important on "dry shaft" lines and when Ford did that one year on a 4x4 truck, they had to put them back in phase because it actually limited movement and made a clunk.

Tell him this is not a Ford.

This guy seems to have a pretty good rep. and claims to have done these shafts many times.
Lots of picture of expeditions and the vehicles he made drivelines for with great success.
Any ideas on this before I reinstall the damn things.

All driveline shops paint sucks. However have him fix the phasing. There is a reason the shaft on all 80's are like that. I would think if it was wrong, Toyota would have figured it out in 6 years of production.

 

[-Spike-]

Wrong, the 80 front the only Toyota we have seen with this setup. In phase does not work. I suspect it is because the angles of the pinion and transfer case flange is like this \---/ Why did he change the phase. I would take it back and have them balance it out of phase.

I suspect that since I raised my rear pinion (now it is \---/) and have some growling from the rear driveshaft, that I should have that out-of-phase as well. Mkes sense if you think about the timing of the u-joints.

-Spike