Originally Posted By Jerry Kathe
Originally Posted By Monte_Smith
[quote=Jerry Kathe]Monte…..your jeep has a CV shaft in it….do you understand what this is or how it works? My guess is no or you wouldn't have used this to push your belief.

Seriously, you think I don't know what a CV joint is??? And NO, my CJ5 does NOT have CV joints and here is a couple pics to prove it. This is stone stock, factory suspension from AMC. Single flanges and a single trunion joint, both front and rear. Didn't bother to pull skid plate to show joint at transfer case, but it's the same as rear, all single trunion. Nor does my lifted early 80s Power Wagon have CV joints. Maybe it is just my camera angle, but these seem to be pretty damn far from parallel planes..........LOL!!!


I have had this JEEP a LONG time and have never put the first joint in it myself.

You guys are so obsessed with equal angles to keep the shaft from speeding and slowing, that you overlook one other important fact and that is which setup is easier to turn and eats less power.





Now unfortunately, straight at one end and an angle at the other DOES vary joint speed, that I will NOT argue.......

Sport, Its Great to see you finally understand That. Thumbs UP.






" So the question is which way transfers more POWER. As with anything else, it is all about leverage. More angles, less leverage."
Monte


So This, Is your Total base under standing of Pinion angle, LESS ANGLES.?? That you Base All your answers on. OK


While its True, We want Less angles, Like, you would do if you were to build a race With a Straight driveline. You Don't ever have that in a Production car. You have two different planes typically. In That scenario That 2nd Angle is Needed and Desired because of the way the u-joints work.


You Absolutely in that Case don't just set the pinion Angle up so that it Points directly at the trans thereby eliminating 1 of 2 angles.

If you do, it does Rob More Power and Hurt Parts more. You NEED that Second angle When the Driveline is not Built so it becomes a Straight line Under power.

I see how Your Base understanding of pinion angle has flawed your judgment and led you astray on pinion angle when the drive line isn't built in a straight line.

I hope this makes sense now for you. Sure would be nice to have you on our side of the Pinion angle Argument. LOL


Last edited by Sport440; 05/10/15 11:20 PM.
73 Sport 440, 509 cam w/Eddys 3.91 and 28.1"/27.3 tire. Et. 60 ft. 1.435, 1/8th. 6.61 @ 101.80 mph. 1/4. 10.472 / 127.78 mph. 2950# race/with me,and pump gas.