Pinion angle?

I am setting the pinion angle on my car, it is a leaf spring car, so I am looking for 7* nose down. My angle finder is reading 3* on the tail end of the drive shaft and 10* on the pinion nose down. This is my 7* correct?

If there is a V at the pinion yoke and the driveshaft then yes that is the angle, if it is an inverted V(I can't make that sign on this keyboard ) then make it a so the driveshaft is the left side of the V and the pinion yoke is the the right sid of the V, both pointing at the bottom of the V I really hope this makes sense BTW, if the car vibrates under WOT or on deacceleration try 5 degrees difference next time Some cars will vibrate at 7 and some don't I think it depends on the U joint size used.

Put your angle finder on the yoke. It should be 5-7* down.

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Put your angle finder on the yoke. It should be 5-7* down.

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that's what I posted, with the angle finder on the yoke it is 10* down. But you have to subtract the three out for the drive shaft. I wanted to make sure I was thinking correctly. My setup is as cab described, a "v".