Aluminum drive shaft shortening

Made a jig and shortened a 2wd Ford Explorer aluminum drive shaft for my 1967 Ford Mustang

[@millerso8]

What about balancing? I'm sure you're running it by now or have ran, any vibrations w/o balancing? You did a great job on it I must say! dbl thumbs up !!

[@hotrodhocke]

Thanks! I will hopefully find out in a couple of month as I am still working on the car. I've shorted a number of driveshaft through the years and never had a problem with vibrations, but we'll see...

[@MikeMiller-fc2cc]

How much would you charge to shorten a driveshaft?

[@hotrodhocke]

Very hard to say as this is something that's part of my hobby.

[@georgewn4myy886]

too bad you couldn't sub that noise for an intelligent narration

[@luisetorres5760]

Hi, what’s the tools name?

[@hotrodhocke]

I guess you're asking about the level or angle finder that's used in the video. It's a tool named "Inogon" made here in Sweden back in the 1980s and from what I can find not available for sale any longer as it most likely has been replaced by the digital angle finders available today. The main feature of the tool is of course the Moiré pattern used on the fixed and moving parts of the tool that makes it really easy to see from a distance if something is in parallel with something else or if something has the angle you want it to have.

[@jonathangehman4005]

Great content, VERY helpful. The intro and the soundtrack are awful, don't know if that matters.