c1 driveshaft manufacturer

[Patrick M.]

My 59 vette has a driveshaft with the name SPICER on the end. Did they make it for GM? I am the second owner and I don't beleive it was changed.

[Troy P.]

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Spicer made the U joints. Don't know about the driveshaft.

[Joe M.]

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I don't remember seeing Spicer on my 1960 driveshaft, but Spicer is all over the U joints. Patrick, do your Spicer U joints have grease zerks. I have grease zerks. 58-60 Judging Guide states no grease zerks, but I disagree with it. The 1960 Operators Manual shows grease points on the driveshaft.

[Dennis C.]

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My 59 vette has a driveshaft with the name SPICER on the end. Did they make it for GM? I am the second owner and I don't beleive it was changed.

Patrick,

i have looked at 61-62 driveshafts that had Spicer on the end. I believe these were original.

Regards,

Dennis

[Bill M.]

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My 59 vette has a driveshaft with the name SPICER on the end. Did they make it for GM? I am the second owner and I don't beleive it was changed.

My '59 has its original driveshaft. It and the original yoke are marked spicer. Original u-joints were greaseable (as referenced in owner's manual.)

[Dick W.]

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My 59 vette has a driveshaft with the name SPICER on the end. Did they make it for GM? I am the second owner and I don't beleive it was changed.

Spicer was/is a large OEM supplier for driveline parts. My guess is that you are seeing Spicer on the yoke or splined end. It is possible that they also fabricated the shaft for GM. They also made clutches, stamped frames, etc for the manufacturers.

[John H.]

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Spicer supplied the U-joints (although some were manufactured by Chevrolet at Chevrolet-Detroit Forge and Chevrolet-Warren), and Chevrolet-Warren cut the tubing, inserted the cardboard liner, welded the U-joints to the tube, added the slip yoke, balanced the assembly, and shipped it to St. Louis.

[Patrick S.]

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Cardboad liner????? Tell me about the cardboard liner..
Thanks,
Pat

[John H.]

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Cardboad liner????? Tell me about the cardboard liner..
Thanks,
Pat

Pat -

All OEM driveshafts had an oiled cardboard tube inside (P/N 3746780 for midyear driveshafts); it prevented internal corrosion and damped the "tinny" sound the tubing generated.

[Dan D.]

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Back in the day I cut open a 1952 Ford drive shaft and it had a cardboard liner. So I would guess that most all drive shafts had cardboard since day one - when torque tube drives when away. Remember that because until I did that I would never have guessed there would have been cardboard it.

Why would I cut open a drive shaft you ask? Easy - to adapt the 1949 Oldsmobile engine and transmission to the Ford drive line. The ID of the Olds drive shaft just nicely fit inside the OD of the Ford drive shaft. So I stuffed it in to the right length and gas welded it up. Vibrated pretty bad too, but it never broke. When you are 18 anything that would work - worked. -Dan-