Drive Shaft Yoke

[frickenbored]

I have a drive shaft with a slip yoke on my 88 K5 blazer and today I was changing the u-joint when I noticed that one of the ears is cracked...so now I have to replace this slip yoke, problem is I can't find one anywhere.  Maybe some one has seem them somewhere...on one side of the yoke it says:  SPICER Z28  on the other side it says:  F3-3-29 H SCAN.   Its 16 spline. 

[beastie_3]

A local drivetrain/driveshaft specialist would be able to help you out. Probably will have something in stock too.

[frickenbored]

what about grinding a v-groove where the crack is and then welding it there?  Then I'd grind the weld smooth.

[beastie_3]

I dont think it will be as strong. There is a lot of force going thru there. While your at it, make sure you change out your U joint.

[Irish_Alley]

the weld will make the yoke weaker due to the heat and what is it made of couple also make it hard to weld. not saying its OK but i or my buddy has a ear pretty much missing from on of our yokes and it sees the mud allot and no issues with that so far

[frickenbored]

well, I ground down the crack and welded it up with an arc welder.  It took with no problems, it doesn't really matter how strong it is since this driveshaft is getting trashed after I install my 14 bolt and 4" lift.  I'm going to get a custom alu driveshaft with a 1330 joint at the front and 1350 joint at the rear and then I'm going to convert my np203's 1310 output yoke to a 1330 output yoke.  This welded yoke should hold for a little while.