Help I.D. my shaft... PICS>>

[jimbug]

I picked this up at the local parts salvage place it was sitting on the floorboard of a truck... so I have no clue what it came out of. I was looking for a cherokee shaft and found this one, It is all aluminum and has a splined end that fits on aChevy steering box and a double D on the other end and it is about 27" fully extended. Can anyone tell me what it came out of and if it is beefy enough to use in my sub???

 

[jimbug]

O.K. so I hav'nt been on here for a day or two and the photo uploader is different and I am having issues posting pics from my photobucket account??? Any tips.....

 

[pauly383]

Pictures work from photobucket , just direct url into the pic box if it doesn't .

 

[jimbug]

Tried that??? shows a red X?

 

[jimbug]

Tried again The popup window is different than it was aday or so ago?

I went to photobucket clicked on direct link. Hit the pic. icon. Right clicked and pasted the url. Then hit enter.... and a red X showed up

 

[Hossbaby50]

Harley

 

[jimbug]

Harley you are a genious

Okay so why won't the pic show up w/o clicking on this link?

Could you tell what it is?? There are x2 other pics of the ends too -Rob

 

[mosesburb]

Harley you are a genious

Okay so why won't the pic show up w/o clicking on this link?

Could you tell what it is?? There are x2 other pics of the ends too -Rob

The pic is a bit small to tell for sure what it is. It has the general overall appearance of an XJ shaft, but I can't tell for sure. The biggest problem you will have in putting it into your sub is that the column end of the XJ shaft is a double D and your column has a round shaft with splines. If you want to tell for sure, I have an XJ shaft or two hanging around here that you could compare it to if you want to.

 

[jimbug]

Thanks Nick, I pulled my old crap out to see what I was looking at and it didnt fit so I had to go back to stock?? I know it fits the splines on the sqare body style cause i tried it b4 I bought it in fact I had two in hand the one we speak of and another and went this way instead. I guess you never know unless you try.

So did you finish your plumbing project??

I got the bathroom all paintedlooks good now.

 

[mosesburb]

Is the shaft in your truck bad?? If so, which end--or both ends?? Reason I ask is that over here at Crazy Nick's Used Truck Parts, we have unconventional ways of getting around problems like those without resorting to major re-engineering.
Yeah, plumbing project is done. I cheated so I didn't have to re-do the entire system. It will eventually fail, but I didn't feel like tackling that project that day. Something about sitting in a hole while sharing space with tiny red carnivorous ants while assembling fittings that I just don't care for. Maybe it's just me.
Good on the painting. I hate painting if it doesn't come out of a rattle-can.