Also, any drivetrain shop can balance that thing.  Take the u joints and the
shaft to them, and let them do it all for you...........it won't cost
much............a friend of mine in Asheville had his done for i believe
$50.........every city has one of these places.............Plenty of big
trucks out there with long driveshafts.

Adam P
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----- Original Message -----
From: "George Goff" <THX0001@AOL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2003 5:23 PM
Subject: Re: Balance Syncro DriveShaft (Wisconsin or Minnesota ??) Help

> In a message dated 4/8/03 11:18:33 AM, Malcolm.Stebbins@MSVU.CA writes:
>
> << Several years ago, someone recommended a shop in
> Wisconsin or Minnesota that could "properly" balance a
> syncro driveshaft. >>
>
> Malcolm, my man, the first time I renewed a Syncro's center driveshaft
> u-joints, I asked the owner of the of the drivetrain shop where I bought
the
> u-joints if he could balance the driveshaft when I was done popping in the
> new parts.  He looked at me as if I were a mechanical dilettante and
asked,
> "Why?  You're not making up a new driveshaft."  And, you know, he was
right
> as long as the u-joints are "properly" installed.  I've done 3 to date and
> the work always cured a vibration rather than caused one.
>
> I've detailed the tedium of Syncro driveshaft replacement more than once
on
> this forum and I assure you, if the time and the care are spent to
accurately
> center the u-joints within their yokes, there is no way in hell that
> balancing is necessary.
>
> George
>