Originally Posted By MR_P_BODY
Originally Posted By Evil Spirit
Originally Posted By Jerry Kathe
Pinion angle is only relative to the front joint angle and has nothing to do with drive shaft angle.....what is so difficult to understand about this?

If your measuring from drive shaft to pinion your doing it wrong.....period.

Additionally.....pinion angle has absolutely nothing to do with bite/hook......holy smokes!!!!


Ding, Ding, Ding - we have a W I N N E R !

The driveshaft doesn't even have to be in to check or set PINION angle.

And I'd like to punch the person that started the M Y T H that changing pinion angle changes traction right in the boy marbles.


So I assume you make it parallel to the trans then rollin
the pinion angle..... sure am glad you didnt set the pinion
angle on my old Jeep.. with the 33" tires and set up your
way the U-joints would have been in bind just sitting there
wave


I think we both know that lifted trucks - especially short wheelbase ones - have totally different issues and guidelines to follow. You generally try to minimize u-joint angles and any resulting vibrations are expected and are usually masked by the aggressive tire designs. Comparing the two applications is comparing apples to chicken wing seasonings. Why even go there?

Last edited by Evil Spirit; 05/07/15 12:49 PM.
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