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Old Oct 24, 2014 | 09:35 AM
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Drive shaft question.... I've installed the 390 w/ T18 manual transmission into the 59 f100 (kind of temporarily) and noticed that the the drive shaft would be on a slight angle left to right because the differential is offset (I believe the differential is the original). Is this normal? How much left to right angle is allowed? Thanks!
 
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Go here for a pretty good write up on driveshaft angles.
https://www.google.com/search?q=driv...w=1440&bih=763
 
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Originally Posted by Mill2580
Drive shaft question.... I've installed the 390 w/ T18 manual transmission into the 59 f100 (kind of temporarily) and noticed that the the drive shaft would be on a slight angle left to right because the differential is offset (I believe the differential is the original). Is this normal? How much left to right angle is allowed? Thanks!
Mine is also off center. It will make no difference as long as the engine is in the frame straight. the pinion angles will match this way the same as they should with the offset caused by the transmission being higher than the diff.
 
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Thanks for the comments guys. That helps!
 
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