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Duane Pipes said:

Yeah I definitely got those. Dampeners were very rusty thought they were oranges haha

If I do this again I'd use POR 15 topcoat. Used regular stuff to touch up rusty spots on the receiver. Didn't last 2 months. And def get the pint can

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Tach_tech said:

You guys should maybe have some prior knowledge or do a little research before you start talking smack about other people.

It’s called weathering steel or Corten steel. It’s designed to develop the surface rust as a protectant and eliminates the need for painting/coating.

Now wether the driveshafts are made of a similar alloy I don’t know, but I know as a tech I’ve never seen a driveshaft fail or have any damage from rust.

I wouldn’t worry about the surface rust on it, if you want to paint it go ahead if it bothers you.

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Tach_tech said:

As I said earlier it’s called weathering steel, it’s mainly used in construction,marine uses.

It’s likely not what the driveshaft is made out of, it may have something similar, I don’t know. However steel driveshafts have left the factories for years and years without any sort of coating. In my wrenching career I’ve never come across a driveshaft that’s had anything more than just the surface rust.

There also made of thicker and a lot stronger metal compared to something like a fender. The rest of the body will rust away long before that driveshaft ever does.

If you crawl under your truck you’ll find a fair bit of components that don’t get any sort of rust protectant. It’s nothing to worry about.

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boblonben said:

different problem, different component. besides Chev's needed to go on a weight reduction program anyway.

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Moparfanatic21 said:

Just wanted to say you both handled this discussion amazingly. At least you didn't act like a liberal and flip out

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CincyCuda68 said:

Bahaaaa, I’m soooo far from liberal. I like to learn stuff too, just that in forums you have to be careful and look crap up yourself cuz there are a ton of people that have no clue but think they know everything.
I still say that for the price of vehicles the steel should be protected and not rusting. Economy of scale bites the consumer in the ass.

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boblonben said:

waste of money here.

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Tach_tech said:

That rust is pretty normal for driveshafts that aren’t aluminum and not coated in anything. Not gonna hurt anything. There’s lots of metal parts on new vehicles that don’t get coated in anything and develop surface rust.

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CincyCuda68 said:

That has to be the first time I’ve ever heard someone say that rust is protective, what a hoot.

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CincyCuda68 said:

Hope you feel better about yourself. Let it all out man and try to be happy again. Just relax, rusty ass drive shafts are crap when you pay the price you do for these trucks they should be coated. Also a lot of them now have aluminum shafts so no it shouldn’t be normal, it’s cutting corners no matter how you look at it.

Now take a deep breath, maybe meditate or something.

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boblonben said:

One thing this thread has done is show how many people have NO real clue about most things metal !!!!!!!!!! But they'll keep reading some of the dribble others put on here. Fools.

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CincyCuda68 said:

Oh and I also think he is full of crap, I’m not a metal expert but I can use google and I searched and searched and came up with no crazy alloy that uses rust as a protective coating, rust is by its nature corrosion. I searched for non corrosive bridge materials too and article after article talks about zinc coated metals (galvanized) and chromium metals (stainless). Cannot find anything that says an alloy exists that uses rust to stop rust.
My gut tells me he is thinking of aluminum m, which has the layer of corrosion that stops oxygen from getting to the base metal, therefore stopping further corrosion. Well known to those of us who weld aluminum.
So if the knowledge he is dropping is wrong then what?
If someone knows of this alloy that prevents rust by rusting please let me know, I’d like to read about it.

I’m really not trying to be an a$$, it just seems to me that most things that throw my B.S. meter to full tilt usually turn out to be B.S.

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boblonben said:

it is true !! It is actually coated a certain way to do that. Obviously know nothing about coatings and treatments, let alone chemistry things.

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Graygoose said:

But...your dribbling?

Geeze folks, who cares...if you wanna paint it, paint it.

Arguing over metal............................

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