#401

[@ypaulbrown]

great video.....thanks for showing

[@austinmachine6622]

You are welcome . I hate hack work .

[@robertwillis4061]

There is no doubt that is a second or even third or worse hand driveshaft. The welds at the rear are a good clue. So is the paint job. That will vibrate like hell at higher speeds. Might be ok for a purely off road vehicle that doesn't go above 15 mph.

[@pinkysgarage4517]

If you are in the Buffalo, NY area, Denny's Driveshaft in the area is the BEST. I got one from them for my GBody that has a 9" years ago. Best experience EVER. Decent price for excellent product.

[@austinmachine6622]

If you watch any of my other vids , you will see I’ve been at it myself for years and years…. Like 40yrs this year fixing and building driveshafts & axles right here in Maine for my customers. Thanks for watching hope you can hit subscribe and come along for the ride. I am building him a correct replacement this week.

[@PandaAutoS]

very good

[@donmunro144]

I don't see where calling out poor workmanship is a bad thing. Except for the balance weights, I would have guessed that it was a homemade piece. I'd be embarrassed if I were a professional putting out that caliber of work.

[@alexgoldstein7997]

Had no idea you could "shrink" the material with the torch. Interesting.

[@austinmachine6622]

Yes it’s very old machine shop trick . What’s shown here is not a good example of how to go about it . It’s one of those things that’s more art than science … you have to have the feel” or have the “touch” as my old time machinist mentor told me when I was a kid 50yrs ago.

[@gargamelgargamel6431]

I learned a thing or two

[@retselyarrh3895]

Good video, but you need to invest in a set of machinist levels, instead of using a level off a square!

[@austinmachine6622]

Ok thanks for the suggestion…of course you must mean I have to buy more of them then ? Ok …Sounds good to me I’m a tool whore . At last count I have 8 different shapes & sizes of Starrett and 1 Lufkin and 1 of another brand I don’t remember name of machinist levels to use for for machine shop stuff which is on the other side of my shop . The Stanley & the hardware store angle finder is perfectly good for show & tell videos and gets the point across and not a disaster if it gets knocked on the floor.

[@chuckfischer7202]

Jack. The guy's name is Jack.

[@austinmachine6622]

Hahaha …well that’s what I heard Allegedly!

[@biasbilt]

Why didn’t he just come to you in the first place?

[@austinmachine6622]

Technically he lives 2 states south of me, I suppose he didn’t know at that time…. After his disappointing experience he asked around for better alternatives and was referred to me . When he showed up it was with a 9” Ford axle for his friend that I narrowed and rebuilt the center section (see vid #394) when he brought the axle in to be worked on ,we talked about this driveshaft and another one he needed which I already built.