Drive Shaft Balance

layoutshooter · Oct 22, 2009

I have been reading about a doohicky sorta like the automatic wheel balancers for drive shafts. Do these things work? Do they cut enough vibration to reduce wear? Are they worth the money? Inquiring minds want to know.

Slo-Ride · Oct 22, 2009

Seen em on Aux power units before Layout,,Generators,conveyors,pumps etc etc..
they do work,they do cut down on Vib,They do reduce wear,
Never seen em in use for truck tho..Sorry cant help ya

layoutshooter · Oct 23, 2009

Thanks anyway.

Slo-Ride · Oct 23, 2009

You do know ya can have your driveshafts balanced dont ya?
Not sure what you where looking at,What I was refering to are kinda like a collar setup with fluid in them or bearings that smooth out the aux driveshafts.

layoutshooter · Oct 23, 2009

Yep, I have had it done on one of my pick-up trucks. I was looking at things like the Centramatic doohickeys.

TeamCaffee · Oct 23, 2009

One company that has drive shaft balancers is Balance Masters. If you feel the need to re balance your drive shaft you would money ahead to pull your drive shaft take it to a shop and have it balanced.

Any time you add weight to a something that is spinning it take more energy to turn it which means less fuel mileage and more wear.

Here is the site:

Balance Masters