How-to on installing an Aluminum Driveshaft

Red2000GT said:

Removing and reinstalling the factory yoke between the drivashafts will be a bear so you might want to consider taking it to a shop for that part.

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Not really,i helped my buddy with his '97 GT this past summer.He needed to swap his stock driveshaft to another one cause his had a bad ding in it,and it was way out of balance,but the one he got to replace it had no yoke,so i got out my needle nose plyers with the pointed tips,and squeezed,pulled the clip out,took a socket that was the same diameter as the inside diameter of the hole,but first i laid it on top of two 2X4's so the u joint ends will fall out,grabbed my hammer and they popped right out,then we used a new u joint that he had gotten,and put it all back together basically doing the reverse of the above.I know i could've gotten the proper c clip puller,but desperate times make desperate measures to get the job done when in a pinch to get it done.
All in all,it took me 10 minutes to swap the yoke from one driveshaft to another.
It really isn't that hard,providing it isn't seized up.