Re: Driveshaft Questions
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06/07/11 04:38 PM
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Some slip yokes are longer but the front portion has no splines.
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Re: Driveshaft Questions
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06/08/11 09:10 PM
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I wouldn't say it's too much by too much. Is the rear higher? Different pinion angle? Wouldn't 1-1.5 inch be considered optimum?
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Re: Driveshaft Questions
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06/09/11 03:57 PM
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Well, I triple-checked everything and what I can surmise is that the shaft , for whatever reason, is just a tad too short for my application. My car is sitting at stock height, it has the staggered OEM springs (5 and 2 halves RH and 6 LH) and the pinion is nose-down 4* so I have nearly "0" driveshaft angle and all is god in the trans area as well. I just bit the bullet and ordered a brand new shaft from Brent at Driveshaft Specialists in San Antone TX (my home town ) Now I have an extra, newly balanced original A-12 Super Bee shaft for my parts hoard! Thanx, Bud
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Re: Driveshaft Questions
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06/09/11 08:51 PM
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I'm afraid that you will have a vibration prob w that amt of play. I had less than that (don't remem the exact amt but I shoot for 3/4") & had a prob & that was a low perf 318/904 in an early A. It would vibrate at certain speeds at random & I got a 1" longer shaft/swapped yokes & ujoints & it's quiet now. As said diff yokes have diff spline lengths inside but I still had a prob even w picking a yoke w the most amt of spline length I could come up w till I finally just bit the bullet & swapped out the shaft.
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Re: Driveshaft Questions
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08/04/11 06:04 PM
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**UPDATE** Well, I had another DL made by the good folks at Driveshaft Specialists in San Antonio, TX. I got a real nice 3.5" aluminum unit. One of the best places I have found for drivelines! I even went out there and took a brief tour of the shop and spoke with Brent in person. One helluva nice guy and a first-class operation! Gotta love Texas . It just so happened that the pinion yoke on the Dana was that off of a Ford truck! I guess the PO trashed the orig unit and this is what he found to replace it with. The overall height of the Ford yoke was about 1" shorter than the Chrysler unit and this was the cause of my length descrepancy in the first place. The Fords used 1330BC "u" joints on the trucks and vans in the earlier years and this is why I thought it was a 7290 because they share the same OD caps. But, what tipped off Brent at Drive Shaft Specialists was when I told him mine had retaining tabs instead of the normal inside lock circlip styles commonly found in Mopars. Now I'm mobile again and with a 17lb shaft!! Booyaaa!
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Re: Driveshaft Questions
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08/05/11 07:06 AM
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W the correct yoke would the 1st d shaft they made have worked?
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