Paint marks on driveshaft?

Discussion in 'Color is everything!' started by Chatarina, Oct 8, 2020.

  1. Chatarina

    Chatarina Well-Known Member

    Hi! About to restore the driveshaft and wonder if the factory on 68/69 GS400 painted the driveshaft with "stripes" to diff automatic vs manual? Thanks Chatarina 1968 GS400 Conv.
     
  2. OHC JOE

    OHC JOE Mullet Mafia since 2020

    If you have the assembly manual it will show you the different colors that were used for engine trans combos
     
  3. BUQUICK

    BUQUICK I'm your huckleberry.

    Btw, they stripes were put in pretty sloppy originally. Not nice and neat. This is a restored Pontiac shaft but this is how all of the original marks look on original GM cars that we have taken apart. It appears like the shaft was turning and they just held a brush up against it.
     

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  4. Chatarina

    Chatarina Well-Known Member

    Thanks!
     
  5. Chatarina

    Chatarina Well-Known Member

    We found the old factory stripes! The color is correct according to the book. It is NOT in the middle between the weldings.
     
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  6. BUQUICK

    BUQUICK I'm your huckleberry.

    Great.

    We have found them all over the place on old shafts and it proves that what got built didn't always match exactly to what was called out in the books.
     
    Last edited: Oct 14, 2020
  7. Chatarina

    Chatarina Well-Known Member

    Maybe different how they worked between plants? Mine is a Flint car.
     
  8. Daves69

    Daves69 Too many cars too work on

    Please post some pictures of the stripes
     
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  9. OHC JOE

    OHC JOE Mullet Mafia since 2020

    Here was mine IMG_20200822_104014041.jpg
     
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  10. Chatarina

    Chatarina Well-Known Member

    Hi! We are gonna brush and paint with stripes one half of driveshaft. Than you can see the difference before and after.Pictures on Sunday.
     
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  11. Chatarina

    Chatarina Well-Known Member

    The driveshaft is painted now. We have problems to send pictures to this forum. But pictures are avalible on Buick GS Owners.
     
  12. Daves69

    Daves69 Too many cars too work on

  13. Chatarina

    Chatarina Well-Known Member

    Daves69,Thanks! Chatarina
     

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