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1963 B-body Ball & Trunion Driveshaft #2080493 05/26/16 05:20 AM 05/26/16 05:20 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 6,570 San Francisco Ca SCATPK OP master
SCATPK OP master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 6,570 San Francisco Ca	Hi guys looking for some help. Restoring a 1963 Plymouth Savoy with the factory T-85 3spd trans and 8-3/4 rear. The car is a 4 door and wondering what the correct length of shaft should be, and are there any other vehicles that may have the same driveshaft? Having a difficult time locating what I need. The engine is a 426 maxie.

Re: 1963 B-body Ball & Trunion Driveshaft [Re: SCATPK] #2080503 05/26/16 07:16 AM 05/26/16 07:16 AM
Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 4,785 Utah and Alaska astjp2 master
astjp2 master Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 4,785 Utah and Alaska	Well there is an adapter available for using spicer U-joints, get one of those and you are in business. Tim 1941 Taylorcraft 1968 Charger 1994 Wrangler 1998 Wrangler 2008 Kia Rio 2017 Jetta I didn't do 4 years and 9 months of Graduate School to be called Mister!

Re: 1963 B-body Ball & Trunion Driveshaft [Re: SCATPK] #2080622 05/26/16 12:42 PM 05/26/16 12:42 PM
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 4,951 northwest USA N NANKET master
NANKET master N Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 4,951 northwest USA	I'm not up on 63's but ideas are: Does the service manual have that info in it? Is the 2dr and 4dr the same, the 66-70 b-bodies are. Dodge and Plymouth are different length driveshafts 66-70.

Re: 1963 B-body Ball & Trunion Driveshaft [Re: SCATPK] #2080726 05/26/16 03:07 PM 05/26/16 03:07 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 25,750 Rio Linda, CA John_Kunkel Too Many Posts
John_Kunkel Too Many Posts Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 25,750 Rio Linda, CA	From the '63 Parts Manual: 57 1/4" lgh., 3" dia., w/Std. Heavy Duty Trans., 426 cu. in. Eng., includes U/JOINTS, TD2 No mention of body style restriction. The INTERNET, the MISinformation superhighway

Re: 1963 B-body Ball & Trunion Driveshaft [Re: John_Kunkel] #2087136 06/06/16 04:31 PM 06/06/16 04:31 PM
Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 243 Helsinki, Finland A Anselmi enthusiast
Anselmi enthusiast A Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 243 Helsinki, Finland	Originally Posted By John_Kunkel From the '63 Parts Manual: 57 1/4" lgh., 3" dia., w/Std. Heavy Duty Trans., 426 cu. in. Eng., includes U/JOINTS, TD2 No mention of body style restriction. TD2 is Dodge, for a Plymouth (TP2) the correct length would be 54" ... same manual :-) Part number is 2401 668, and it is listed only for this application in 1963. I'm also looking for one, it would be nice to see even a pic of this rarity. '66 Plymouth '64 Dodge '63 Plymouth x 3

Re: 1963 B-body Ball & Trunion Driveshaft [Re: Anselmi] #2087218 06/06/16 06:35 PM 06/06/16 06:35 PM
Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 8,237 fredericksburg,va C cudaman1969 master
cudaman1969 master C Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 8,237 fredericksburg,va	Originally Posted By Anselmi Originally Posted By John_Kunkel From the '63 Parts Manual: 57 1/4" lgh., 3" dia., w/Std. Heavy Duty Trans., 426 cu. in. Eng., includes U/JOINTS, TD2 No mention of body style restriction. TD2 is Dodge, for a Plymouth (TP2) the correct length would be 54" ... same manual :-) Part number is 2401 668, and it is listed only for this application in 1963. I'm also looking for one, it would be nice to see even a pic of this rarity. While we're on the driveshaft topic, are the trunion ends the same for 904 and 727 trans (64-65 car)? Unlike the small-big joint slip in later type.

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