Howdy, i have my 79 short-wide 4x4 with a little problem. After i bought and rebuilt a front driveshaft, i discovered that the yokes on the t/c and front diff arent set up to receive a CV joint. Also even if the t/c could bolt to it there is not enough clearance for the H-yolk to spin without hitting the tranny pan, it's a C-6 auto. My question is can i get a spindle yoke to fit at the front diff to receive a CV joint? If so where can i get one? Thanks for any help.

 

I assume you have a C-6 transmission. What about your t/c? is it a 205 or 203(full time 4x4) ? When you say set up for a cv do you mean bolt hole in yolk are threaded? You may have a t/c out of a Bronco that would have used a cv at the t/c. I wouldn't thin that your differential yolk would be made for a cv joint. Best bet would be getting correct yolks for the drive shaft you had rebuilt. They would be available new or used. Make sure you get the correct ujoint size also.

 

n/p 205. the truck is the same as when i bought it. not sure where they got the parts. the tranny was damaged by the front driveshaft CV joint before i bought it so i know it was a problem before i got it. i replaced the tranny and i found that the previous owner just "rigged" the driveshaft to fit with U-bolts instead of using the center yoke of the CV joint with straight bolts.

 

I might be wrong but I don't remember a pu having a cv joint in the front drive shaft. Possibly a full time 203 tc did not the 205's. I do think some broncos with a 205 had a cv in the front shaft though. Is it possible that drive shaft needs flipped end for end? Putting slip yolk by front differential. I am sure there is someone here that would know for sure. I have some 78 & 9 F150 and broncos I will look at, but not today 9 degrees outside with snow and wind lol.

 

Thanks for checking for me. It's looking like I may have to just have one built to fit the truck though. But I didn't want to spend several hundred dollars on a font D/S

 

There is two versions of yokes. One to accept a double cardan joint and has threaded holes (the double u-joint part of the driveshaft...it is technically not a CV joint but most people call it one). The second is a yoke with unthreaded holes to accept just a single u-joint.

My 79 F250 with C6 and D44 front had double cardan joint on the front drive shaft, yet the 79F250 I bought for a D60 front end only had single u-joints on both sides of the driveshaft. With the D60 and manual tranny the front driveshaft is a few inches smaller than the C6 (longer than the T18) and D44. You would think the shorter driveshaft would have had the double cardan joint.

I have no reason to suspect these had been altered over the years but you never know. If they were factory from Ford I have no idea what criteria they used to use a single u-joint or double cardan joint.

I am sure you can find one from somebody on this site or someone local to you.