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If you have 3/8 with the suspension in droop then you might be OK as is. I have had some cars where you had to put weight on the rear tires/compress the rear suspension in order to get the driveshaft in.

Either way, you need to put the car at ride height and take the actual yolk you are going to use, shove it in the trans all the way and pull it out 3/4 - 1" ( I prefer 3/4") and measure C/C on the U-Joints. Make sure the U-Joint cups are horizontal when you do this so pinion angle will not skew your measurment.

I say you are good as is if compressing the rear suspension pulls the DS out of the trans more and allows installation / removal.

Sure it might be better if you shorten it slightly, but only if measuring the correct way confirms this.



I have the rear diff on jack stands (ladder bar car) and the front of the car is supported by jack stands on the frame rails. The shop said that is what I needed to do to get correct measurments. Do you agree w/ them?