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Dunno, never really looked that close at it.  Bumperette or mount is bent?  I looked at it before and the mount looked ok and it really didnt make sense to me why it was sitting that way.  

 

I got a stack of brillo pads and plastic roses from the local gas station.  ;)

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Your bracket is bent, try getting under the reat of the truck and compare the looks of both bumperette brackecets to determine where the passenger side is bent.  on a bend like that I would use a pipe wrench if it is bent in the midlle of the bracket or if the flange the chrome headed bolt goes through on the end of the bracket is bent I would use a large crescent wrench to straighten it.  I seldom use hammers to straighten bumper brackets. 

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Could be a lot of different things that caused it to start to wobble, hitting a pot hole or some debris on the hiway, maybe even the drive line having a different angle at the transmission yoke compared to the angle at the pinion flange, it could even have been a defect in the drive line itself.

You can have one made with the math being done first for drive line dimensions(size verses length), it likely will be larger round, or just go back to the 2 piece.

I have another 520 drive line here, but that will not get you to Canby.

How long did that one last?

It could have been a lot worse also.

How is the transmission?

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Could be a lot of different things that caused it to start to wobble, hitting a pot hole or some debris on the hiway, maybe even the drive line having a different angle at the transmission yoke compared to the angle at the pinion flange, it could even have been a defect in the drive line itself.

You can have one made with the math being done first for drive line dimensions(size verses length), it likely will be larger round, or just go back to the 2 piece.

I have another 520 drive line here, but that will not get you to Canby.

How long did that one last?

It could have been a lot worse also.

How is the transmission?

I put in the 2 degree pinion angle shims and I'm wondering if that had an effect on it too?!

 

Luckily I still have my 2 piece driveshaft so I pieced it back together and put it on so at least it's mobile. Though, I couldn't find the piece that the carrier bearing sits. Does any one have a extra?

 

Not sure if I feel comfortable taking the truck to canby now. The exhaust has a huge hole now and it's so loud. I'm pretty bummed cause I've done a ton of work on the old girl and really wanted to take her up. Undecided.

 

I can't remember exactly how long the 1 piece was on. I want to say 4 years. I did drive the truck to my dads, about 14 miles. Transmission feels ok.

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Dang all bad

 

Yea dude. Was hoping to drive it to datslocos this weekend. Don't think that's happening.

 

 

 

Just make a new 1 piece. I would not go back to 2 piece.

I dunno. I'm discouraged.
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