Drive Shaft Length Help
Hello Folks!!
This past weekend I tried to throw a bunch of parts at the 67 GTS (383 and a A833) I am working on in hopes of getting that sucker running. Well ran in to a couple issues that prevented me from hitting that goal, including this one(?).
So I got a drive shaft out of a junk yard for this car and tried to install it last month and saw it was too long. When looking at page 16-7 in the 67 Dodge Service it only lists a 273 with any available transmission and an 8 3/4 rear end. That length is 52.58. It doesnt list what the length would be with a 383. Now I believe the drive shaft length should be the same since the mounting point for the 4 speed transmission is in the same location (there werent different transmission mounts between big block and small blocks to my knowledge) for a big block and a small block. The transmission tail shaft is the same between big block and small block (it is believed to be the original 67 transmission. Correct casting numbers for this vintage) so therefore the drive shaft should be the same length as a car with a 273.
However Does this look right?
I had a hard time trying to get the rear universal joint aligned with the yoke on the front of the axle. Now I know it is a slip connection into the transmission but is there enough available movement in this for the travel of the suspension? The axle is in its stock location with leaf springs of an unknown rate. I do not know if they were changed to the super stock ones or some other drag springs at one point. I have a fear of the drive shaft yoke bottoming out on the transmission output shaft and causing unwanted wear and tear on the driveline.
The picture was taken with the straps torqued into place with the rear wheels on skates and the front end of the car raised in the air.
any help would be appreciated.
Hello Folks!!
This past weekend I tried to throw a bunch of parts at the 67 GTS (383 and a A833) I am working on in hopes of getting that sucker running. Well ran in to a couple issues that prevented me from hitting that goal, including this one(?).
So I got a drive shaft out of a junk yard for this car and tried to install it last month and saw it was too long. When looking at page 16-7 in the 67 Dodge Service it only lists a 273 with any available transmission and an 8 3/4 rear end. That length is 52.58. It doesnt list what the length would be with a 383. Now I believe the drive shaft length should be the same since the mounting point for the 4 speed transmission is in the same location (there werent different transmission mounts between big block and small blocks to my knowledge) for a big block and a small block. The transmission tail shaft is the same between big block and small block (it is believed to be the original 67 transmission. Correct casting numbers for this vintage) so therefore the drive shaft should be the same length as a car with a 273.
However Does this look right?
I had a hard time trying to get the rear universal joint aligned with the yoke on the front of the axle. Now I know it is a slip connection into the transmission but is there enough available movement in this for the travel of the suspension? The axle is in its stock location with leaf springs of an unknown rate. I do not know if they were changed to the super stock ones or some other drag springs at one point. I have a fear of the drive shaft yoke bottoming out on the transmission output shaft and causing unwanted wear and tear on the driveline.
The picture was taken with the straps torqued into place with the rear wheels on skates and the front end of the car raised in the air.
any help would be appreciated.
