Aluminum driveshafts for Suburban

[SUBURBAN5]

My Burb has one. Noticed it when taking sway bar pictures. Put a magnet to it, no stick. Seen them in later 80s and 90s Chevy and GMC vans too. A former employer had a fleet of them and I worked on the one we had a few times.

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Arnt you missing the carbon fiber cover?

 

[HotWheelsBurban]

Arnt you missing the carbon fiber cover?

Must've fallen off. It's looked like this since we've had the Burb. We bought it in February 2013.

 

[SUBURBAN5]

Hmmmm. That's interesting

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[HotWheelsBurban]

Hmmmm. That's interesting

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Yes looking at your Burb I would say mine has been rocking the nude look for longer than 7 years!

There's a guy who posted a while back about "what fell off?" Must have been this cover. From what I recall of the pictures....

 

[SUBURBAN5]

Yeah soon ima need ujoints I think

 

[HotWheelsBurban]

Mine too probably. It kind of clunks when you change gears or leave a light. It doesn't have a G80, I checked the codes.

 

[454cid]

The carbon fiber wrap is not a standard thing for aluminum driveshafts. That big swaged driveshaft never had any carbon fiber on it.

 

[Knuckle Dragger]

FYI, there is a guy on ebay selling OEM aluminum 2015+ Tahoe shafts for $220 shipped. I just put one in my 94. I doubt the length will work for the Suburban guys but at 56.25 inches center cap to center cap it was perfect for my 94 SCSB with the 5.3 conversion. All I had to do was change the yoke.

I'm not sure what the forum rules are for links to eBay ads but I'll be happy to provide them if it's OK.

 

[SUBURBAN5]

The carbon fiber wrap is not a standard thing for aluminum driveshafts. That big swaged driveshaft never had any carbon fiber on it.

My stock and original? Different between mine and HotWheelsBurban is mine 98 hers 99?

 

[SUBURBAN5]

Thought they would of kept it the same?