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The reality is that most driveshaft tubing isn't all that round so dial indicating is useless and the method of separating the tubing end is irrelevant as long as the end is reinstalled in phase and equidistant with the other.
Ok in 1968 I built an altered wheelbase 62 plymouth.
I cut the driveshasft with a pipe cutter removed 15". To assemble it and have it be perfectly straight I decided to find something to fit inside or outside to use as a jig. I found that an old school grease can which was made of a cardboard body with metal top and bottom was nearly a press fit. I had scratched a line to phase the joints before cutting so with my third time ever turning on a machine the welding began. It worked perfect and I still laugh at not knowing it could not work.
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