Do you need to balance drive shaft?

I just had mine done at Peterbilt where I bought my truck as it was a warranty issue. Had lots of vibration. Took them 2 days. According to them it is a step by step process. Had to have clutch adjustment as that is a part of the checking process. Here is the sheet that shows "Fail" when they checked it.

Drive line need 1.5 shim

 

And how old, how many miles to have a fail and it still be under warranty?

 

How old is the truck? 2020 with 63k miles... I starting noticing vibration around 55k miles or so. I'll have to check my warranty and see how many miles the driveline is covered up to.

I've driven the truck about 5k miles since it was repaired and so far all is good.

 

When I did mine, I had to take front driveshaft in and have a new yoke welded on, I got mad, at them, since not only did they not balance it, they took the weight that was on it off. So a few weeks later, after breaking a bolt off, Had a yoke welded on the rear drive shaft, at a different shop. Same deal, no balance. So I see a new set at Dealer in Ohio, asked about price. They said it was rebuilt by a shop in Detroit, balanced as a set. The shop? The same shop I used the second time. I spent almost $1000 doing it myself, and a lot of running around, waiting a couple days each time. For that reason, it may be best to have a good Shop with a balancer do the work. Unless on a budget, and just need u joint changed. But it’s a heavy pita

 

Yes. I just recently put one on my old Pete. It worked. The old solid mount day cabs always seem to have a rattle and vibe on the back wall above the rear mount. You can have everything in the driveline solid and balanced and it will just be there. Not real bad but just annoying. Nature of the beast so to speak. I think its just because there is no way to balance the tranny's. With the ring I figured I’d try it. It is gone. smoooved out the vibe on the sheet metal and silenced the rattle.
They claim it balances everything that runs in that line. So I figure that includes the output shaft on the main trans and the input and output on the aux. trans and input shaft on the inter-axle diff too.

 

How long did the driveshaft have that play/movement in it before you decided to do this project?

That tiger tool seems a lot easier to use from what I've seen online.... What's the deal with it?

 

I use there wheel balancers and crank balancer and like them. I have heard some harley guys put them on the primary and it helps smooth things out. I want to add driveshaft balancers.

 

Valley Auto Parts in Warren on Groesbeck. Excellent work and usually the same day service. Rebuilt mine for about $1k