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Old 03-04-2019, 03:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Siggy View Post
Everyone seems to make note to mark the driveshaft and then the flange so it goes back in the same orientation as it came out. Without having a driveshaft, and picking one up from wherever, I wonder if this is going to cause me a problem. Last thing I want to do is spend money and introduce a vibration that isn't there now.
I wouldn't worry about the balance issue unless it crops up - I think the marking thing is just precautionary.

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I do question if it's worth doing at this point. My guess is that the splines wore out and someone pulled it off because they didn't want to pay to fix it.

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Having said that, I do fear that it was something deeper and putting that shaft in is going to highlight some other issues that I don't know about, but I guess I'll have to roll the dice and fix those issues if they do arise.
The LCI cars aren't known for wearing out the splines, so it's a good bet that it was something else - as you say, roll the dice and see!
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