Patent ID: 6923058

Claim:
A method for balancing a driveline including a first shaft and a second shaft interconnected by a rotating joint, said method including the steps of: balancing said first shaft to a first residual imbalance having a first imbalance vector; adding a first weight to shift said first imbalance vector so as to be disposed in at least one predetermined adjustment plane; balancing said second shaft to a second residual imbalance having second imbalance vector; adding a second weight to shift said second imbalance vector so as to be disposed in said at least one predetermined adjustment plane; assembling said driveline by connecting said first shaft to said second shaft through said rotating joint so that said first imbalance vector of said first shaft substantially offsets said second imbalance vector of said second shaft; wherein said at least one predetermined adjustment plane is defined by connection points for an end yoke connection of one of said shafts.