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Originally Posted by SS_Dave
I have one. My main premise in buying it was as a part of tightening up the entire drive train. It is a nice piece but yes, it does use the actual original bearing. What it does is create a more solid hold for that bearing to ride in. Is it worth the money? Debatable, but far cheaper than a one piece drive shaft. And you hear plenty of mixed reviews on that unless you're track only. In general, I'm happy with it. I did have to go to the softer insert they provide because I had some vibration when I first installed. I have to say, though, support is awesome from them. Just be sure when you're installing, that you're allowing everything to settle in straight. Now it's fine and I don't think about it. But I've been doing a lot of other things at the same time.
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Yeah, I was probably going to go with the softer insert as well, instead of the harder one for mainly track driving and drag racing. I planned to have it on my car, and then check it after about 500 miles or so and re-tighten the carrier mounting bolts if necessary. I usually use blue thread locker on the driveshaft carrier mounting bolts; but like you said, they can "settle" and break in.
I haven't have any crazy issues on the stock 2-pc driveshaft, with my manual Camaro. However, it's been a while since I've had a Camaro, and I have yet to drag race this thing seriously. The most I've done, is probably taken it on some light track days.
I remember on some rainy days, there were a handful of times when I'd get wheel hop. Same thing when I'd attempt to burn out on dry surfaces, but it was pretty rare for me. If anything, I'd say having this driveshaft carrier upgade, just probably gives me an overall peace of mind and comfort.