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A method for attaching an end-fitting, such as a yoke-type end-fitting, to a tubular drive shaft of the type used in the drive line of vehicles, comprises the steps of deforming the end of the drive shaft tube such as by swaging it onto a tool or replica of the end-fitting so that the inner diameter

A method for attaching an end-fitting, such as a yoke-type end-fitting, to a tubular drive shaft of the type used in the drive line of vehicles, comprises the steps of deforming the end of the drive shaft tube such as by swaging it onto a tool or replica of the end-fitting so that the inner diameter of the tube end is less than the outer diameter of the end-fitting; and then press-fitting the end-fitting into the deformed tube end. The resulting attachment is free of slippage that otherwise results from directly swaging the tube end onto the end-fitting. A preferred embodiment employs smooth undulating splines on the end-fitting and an outer sleeve over the tube end and utilizes electromagnetic-induced swaging.

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A method for attaching an end-fitting to a drive shaft tube, comprising the following steps: (a) providing a smaller dimension replica of the end-fitting; (b) inserting said replica into the end of said tube; (c) swaging said tube end onto said replica; (d) removing said replica from said tube end;

A method for attaching an end-fitting to a drive shaft tube, comprising the following steps: (a) providing a smaller dimension replica of the end-fitting; (b) inserting said replica into the end of said tube; (c) swaging said tube end onto said replica; (d) removing said replica from said tube end; and (e) press-fitting said end-fitting into said tube end.