Originally posted by shooper:
Maybe I've got this wrong, but just out from under my truck, and see an open driveshaft...universals in plain sight and it has a center bearing...I've always thought that an enclosed driveshaft had a tube directly from the rear end to the trans...confused here..VIN is H54A018587
That VIN says 1/2-ton '54. I don't believe GM used a center bearing on short box trucks. Someone changed it.
It's 50 years old, I would not trust the widow's memory about changes made to her husband's truck. Its not original.
