Drive Shaft

[Kirk Montez]

How can you tell if you have a steel or aluminum drive shaft...



Kirk

 

[Bill Barber]

magnet works

 

[Todd Z]

Look under the truck at it, IF it is brown ( rust color) it is Steel, IF it is silverish and no rust it is aluminum....



Here is a shot of my ST Aluminum....Look next to the muffler, you will see the silver drive shaft...



Todd Z



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[Bill Barber]

Magnet works:lol:

 

[Tom Schindler]

As Bill said. Magnets stick to steel. Magnets DO NOT stick to aluminum.





Tom

 

[Chris Castineira]

If I can hi-jack this thread. What are the pros and cons of each and what is would you choose if you had the option?

CHRIS

 

[Tom Schindler]

There really is no pro or con. Ford had some issues with the steel shaft causing vibrations.



Many cars have steel driveshafts without any problems.





Tom

 

[EddieS'04]

My '04 came with the alluminum shaft. I heard that some '04s came with the steel..:wacko:

 

[Chris Castineira]

I have an '04 XLT and I have a rusty ol steel one. Who knows.

 

[Bill Barber]

In our lead sleds, steel, alum, no biggie, no concern for getting rid of rotaional mass.

 

[Jeremiah Morgan]

04 here and it has Aluminum

 

[Johnny O]

Steel on both Tracs I've owned, '05 and '08. I had two Rangers before, '99 and '02, both came with steel driveshafts but both were replaced under warranty with aluminum because of clunking or vibration.