Hey Fellahs,
I recently pulled my driveshaft for cleanup and u-joint replacement. I’ve already done the tube of Evaporust trick on it. I have some before and after pics, as well as some questions about repainting it properly…
Car was built Oct 6th, 1969 in Dearborn ~ Cougar w/ 428SCJ, 4-speed close ratio, 3.91 rear gears.
Build sheet Driveshaft pic:
Before Cleanup ~ pretty crusty, especially the back half. There are what appeared to be yellow (or possibly white) grease pen markings in a few spots: most notably an X/stripe at 2’, and an “8” or “S” at 3’ (measured from front yoke). There were some other nicks or swipes here and there. You can also see hints of stripes.
After a degreasing and scrubbing with some soap & water ~ there be stripes! Also can see the orange paint on the front yoke and an obvious white grease pen stripe, as well as what appears to be a white stripe. Rear half of the DS weathered more but the brown/orange stripe is there, while the yoke looks almost yellow with just a touch of orange in the crevices.
After Evaporust; you can see the weld line and shadows left where the paint stripes and grease pens protected the metal some.
