You just spent the weekend with a few friends dropping in that hot V-8 and your transmission of choice into your project’s rolling chassis. What is next? Connecting all that performance to your rear axle via a driveshaft. However, your existing driveshaft (if you even have one) is ...You just spent the weekend with a few friends dropping in that hot V-8 and your transmission of choice into your project’s rolling chassis.
What is next? Connecting all that performance to your rear axle via a driveshaft. However, your existing driveshaft (if you even have one) is likely 50 years old or is no longer correct for the new transmission and/or rear axle you have upgraded to. What to do? Now, thanks to Speedway Motors’ new line of U-Weld-It steel drive shaft kits, you can assemble your project’s driveshaft at home with nothing more than a saw and a MIG welder.
How much easier can it be than that? Our driveshafts begin as 49-inch lengths of “driveshaft quality” 2-1/2-inch OD 1020 DOM tubing. Now you can handle most of the measuring, labor, and assembly right in your own garage. Our 1310 universal joint model covers a large majority of drivetrain combinatio