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Originally Posted by Tannaton
Its been said but the propshaft is balanced as a discreet assembly, despite what some manuals might say (including Haynes) there is no requirement to mark the flanges when removing or put back the same way. If you were splitting the propshaft to change the centre bearing - that would be different.
I'd check the flanges are mated correctly and all bolts are correctly tight, including the centre bearing carrier.
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Quite right ! I think this old wives tale ( of which there are many on here ) comes from the 1950s when perhaps propshafts were balanced on the car if there were vibrations on final road test !