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I painted mine in weeks of buying the truck. had no rust yet. still looks good two and half years later. i just used rust-oleum black
The rust on the driveshaft isn’t really an issue unless it bothers you. Some of that metal is actually designed to develop a surface rust as a protectant to the underlying metal. Depending on your truck, it may have aluminum rear driveshaft as well.
Painting it definitely won’t hurt it though, you could even go crazy and paint it like a candy cane lol.
Well, I can also imagine when it's wet and spinning it's slinging rusty water everywhere... I'll have to use something safe enough to remove that rust tho.
Rustolium makes a good rust remover too tho.
I did this only once and I got in trouble..... but not for long.Steel wool is what you'd probably want to use to clean up the rust on your driveshaft,if you don't have any laying around,steal a handful of SOS pads off your better half,she probably has a box of them under the kitchen sink,lol
Phrasing.I would LOVE to coat those shafts
The rust on the driveshaft isn’t really an issue unless it bothers you. Some of that metal is actually designed to develop a surface rust as a protectant to the underlying metal. Depending on your truck, it may have aluminum rear driveshaft as well.
Painting it definitely won’t hurt it though, you could even go crazy and paint it like a candy cane lol.
No chance of causing an out of balance situation ? Thanks
Painting won’t add enough wait to cause a balance issue.
View attachment 208796 Never had an issue with balance on the drive shaft. I heard about this before I did it, but said “I don’t give a damn” and went for it without any remorse! She came out fine! It’s dirty right now as she has been since I’ve been in isolation. Damn dirt roads only with 500 potholes per 1/2 mile!
They just put some kind of “road leveller” down in on main road Two days agai to keep it smooth and the dust to minimal. Hence the 500 potholes lol. Some days are worse than others.Sounds like they must of run a grader down it recently if you're down to 500 potholes per 1/2 mile,lol