Hi, new to forum and Chevys. My daughter bought a 2000, 1500 with extended cab and 8’ truck bed. She is looking for a new driveshaft and sent me the pic below. I see from her vin ( 1GCEK19V1YE373731) that the truck has a 143.5 wheel base. I thought the rear drive shaft would be 143.5” long not the 88” in pic? Can anyone explain to me?

Thanks for any help.

Is that the shaft that came out of the vehicle?

That’* what I’m told but I don’t see how it could have - could it? Trying to get in touch with mechanic.

If it has a 143.5" wheelbase, there'* no way the drive shaft would be 143.5" long:


I'm not sure what to think about this yoke. It looks like it hasn't been inside a transmission in a while. Most of the orange should be shiny, and in the green area it should gradually change from shiny to the rusty/dirty color that the whole thing is. Has it been removed for a while?


It looks like this carrier bearing is shot:


Why are they replacing the whole drive shaft instead of just replacing u-joints and carrier bearing, and cleaning the yoke up?

Moved from the "Chevrolet" forum to the "GMC/Chevrolet Truck/SUV" forum.

First : thanks to moderator(*) for moving the post to the right forum. Mistakes of a newcomer.

My daughter, who knows nothing about machinery, bought this Truck. I believe the previous owner had been planning to fix the driveshaft for a while. My daughter picked it up and drove it for 250 miles and then felt she needed a mechanic to look at it. When the mechanic saw it he said it should not be on the road and it need a transfer case and a drive shaft. That was 6 weeks ago.

The truck picture helps me to understand how misguided I was in my expectations of the driveshaft length, thanks. But everything I have read seems to say drive shaft length of 88 and 13/16 inches( which I assume pic to be) was for Silverados from 2004 up?

Really hoping someone can tell me the length of an original equipment drive shaft for the Truck in question. I cannot seem to find a parts manual.

Call a salvage yard.

No worries! The [brands] versus [vehicle types] issue is a confusing one that will always remain, unless GM does like Dodge did when they split Ram off into its own brand.

We organized this way here to keep similar content together, so folks that are troubleshooting a Chevy 1500 aren't having to wade through a stack of Cruze, Monte Carlo, and Malibu threads only to find that the only fix is in the GMC forum.

What is wrong with the transfer case?

Why are they replacing the whole drive shaft instead of just replacing u-joints and carrier bearing, and cleaning the yoke up?

If the current drive shaft isn't otherwise damaged somehow, it would probably be best if they just replace universal joints and the carrier bearing. If they don't know how, go find a real driveline shop. They do this kind of stuff so fast and easy that they blur a little.

What area is she in with all of this?