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Old Jul 30, 2015 | 05:25 PM
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hey everyone, anyone know what u joints are needed for a 1981 auto?
looking for both driveshaft and half shafts.
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Old Jul 30, 2015 | 08:39 PM
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1330's for the half shafts, 1310's for the drive shaft on auto transmission 80 and 81 Corvettes.

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wow, awesome link!! thanks a bunch! Just what I was looking for.
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The above is what they should be unless somebody has been in there changing things. The 1/2 shafts could have 1350 u-joints. A quick way to tell is to look at a the bolts that hold the straps on the u-joints. If they are still the 1310's they will be 1/4" bolts, if 1350 they will be 5/16".
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