jimrat
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hello I need to know how far off center can you be with the drive shaft to the pinion? I ended up about 2 inchs to the right with the ford rear axle I used. Do you think it will work?
Ace said:I believe you are going to find the pinion and tranny output shaft are parallel side-to-side, by default. Up/down angles will normally be your only issue, unless we are talking about mis-aligned springs, motor mounts or something of that nature.
krabysniper said:You are correct 68gts340 (Ron). Most people find the whole u-joint angle and operation/theory to be WAY over their heads so they don't put as much effort into learning why something IS the way it IS rather than just guessing and hoping it will work out OK.
List of links on the subject of pinion/driveshaft/drivetrain angles
driveline discussion
List of drive angle links
Watsons Guides to happy pinion angles
68gts340 said:our a-bodies are misaligned by design, most fords are also,almost all gm f&g bodies are, in reality not to many cars have crankshaft, trans yoke .and rear pinions on the same center line as the body.
This I gotta see.... :tard:68gts340 said:to correct it move the tailshaft of the trans left or right untill the angles are the same.
swingtown said:this easy thing to do is put that rear end in a rust-stang and quit wondering if it will fit.
Ace said:Yeah, right. The first link is contaioned in the second, and nowhere in any of that does it explain how to calculate degrees for offset by shaft length.
Thanks340mopar. And thanks for nothing 68gts340 and Krapysniper.
krabysniper said:providing the links to info regarding the very subject with which THE ORIGINAL POSTER was asking and trying to learn about.
Ace said:Yeah 340moper, you're right. I guess some people just get jealous disturbed when they feel indequate and stupid after they are exposed for what they really are. Name calling and insults are the only substitute when facts and technical prowess cannot be used for lack thereof. Anyone who reads this can easily see it for themselves.
Cheers Krapy!!