Lo Pony
Well-Known Member
Congrats, Brent. And yes, that’s really sucky that is so hit or miss.Damn man really? Good grief man that sucks. Well for me it was hit right off the bat.
They get back 50% of the shafts that they sell. Easy enough. Will a new shaft cause vibrations in your car? Or fix them? Toss a coin. The case is where it makes a drive train vibration worse is probably more than 50%, because some of us don’t take the time to send the driveshaft back.
I hate many of these driveshaft companies, because they mislead that an aluminum or composite driveshaft is a cure all. It isn’t. What the situation is saying, is that the drivetrain tolerances in a mass produced vehicle are so variable that you can’t mix and match off-the-shelf parts. From the factory they pair shaft A with flange A to get it smooth. Shaft A will not work with flange B, C or D for instance. Its just the way Ford assembly processes work. Then the problem is magnified with the folks who have the 2015 through 2017 cars in which the vibration was so endemic, and sometimes they want a new shaft for performance, sometimes they want a new shaft to fix the vibration. Which the shaft manufacturer happily tells them that it will do. And then it’s wrong 50% of the time or more. My 2016 had the vibes. After 20 years of experience with this problem, I decided it wasn’t worth it to fool with. I traded it in with warranty remaining.
Please try to understand the caveats before committing to buy an aftermarket driveshaft, whether it’s aluminum or carbon fiber. It will still vibrate. Please use the search function because I, and a few others, have posted mountains a very good tech info on this problem. Please do not rely on word-of-mouth, in this case it is unreliable more than 50% of the time.
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