have unequal length axles on a stock length dana 60 in a dart
why would you
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You mean any reason other than the pinion not being centered?
Because that is the way they were built.
The engine is NOT centered in the engine bay; it is offcentred towards the left The actual amount varies as to which book you read.....I believe the reason for this was to provide more clearance for the steering box. [ You can imagine the nightmare of installing headers on BBs in rt hand drive cars...].
The diff centre needs to be offset the same amount to keep the drive line angles parallel. Think of pinion angle, but in the horizontal, not vertical plane. So axle length could be different depending on the diff centre design.
The diff centre needs to be offset the same amount to keep the drive line angles parallel. Think of pinion angle, but in the horizontal, not vertical plane. So axle length could be different depending on the diff centre design.
Certainly is a pain for any of our right hand dive cars any V8 as our steering box is mounted to the chassis rail not the k frame and doing points and condenser on a leaning tower of power is also difficult
Just noticed Bewy that you are on this side of the world as well
Dartswinger70
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i was involved with centering a rear and welding the leaf spring perches in a 69 dart its is correct the driveline is off center I forget by how much.
How on EARTH do you figure that? I can have the distributor out, serviced and back in and running in around 30 minutes. What's not to love?
Dartnut
Don't hate me because i'm beautiful
He is referring to the Australian cars where the steering box is mounted on the frame very near the distributor on the slant 6...
Thanks. Gotta picture?
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