The dealer ran my vin and said this is the right driveshaft.

On my original, it has a vibration dampner on the front slip yoke that goes in the trani. The new shaft does not have this. I called a differant dealer and they came up with the same thing. Both dealer's say the # has been superceeded.

I looked the part # up on moparparts.com, and this new number say's it's for a 06. Mine is a 04.

I hate to put it in and there be a problem. I'm sure once I install it,,,it's mine. The old # is 52853070AB. The new # is 52123138AB. Anyone dealt with this before. Thank's.

 

I havnt dealt with this but it sounds to me like dodge figured out that the dampener didnt do much good so they quit makin them that way... just my .02 correct me if im wrong

 

I ordered one from Dodge OEM parts about six months ago and it has the damper on it.I have 04 305/555 and the old one that came off had the damper too and it was a upgrade (much heavier) according to the mechanic that put it on.
I am not sure if it changed on the 04 1/2.

 

I don't know if it is the right driveshaft but the new one looks like it has alot more beef in the u-joint area

 

It sure does. Aint that purdy. The carrier bearing is new and improved too.

I didn't get a good angle on this pic, but you can tell the new one is beefier.

 

are you sure your not supposed to take the old one off and reuse it? looks like a place machined for it in the pics.

 

I asked the same thing. They told me that would defeat the hole purpose of a complete new "BALANCED" shaft. And they said use it like it come's in the box. And, the shaft is not available with the dampner.

That's kinda why I'm posting to find out what's what about all this.

 

sounds good to me.

 

it looks different than mine did the last time I saw mine- mine still had the yoke and part of the pinion shaft on it when it was laying in the snow under my pickup...

YEP, THAT'S going to be expensive

 

It was cheaper than I thought,,,and that's the only reason I bought the whole thing. My part's guy give's me a little bit of a discount. That made it just under $300.