Brackets and mounts... help

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Jan 26, 2007 | 10:58 PM

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AXracer

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Whatever you do DON'T line up the transmission, driveshaft, and rear end in a perfectly straight line! They should form a very shallow "Z" when viewed from the side.

Jan 27, 2007 | 08:22 AM

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jniolon

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Quote:

Originally Posted by AXracer

Whatever you do DON'T line up the transmission, driveshaft, and rear end in a perfectly straight line! They should form a very shallow "Z" when viewed from the side.

Ax is right again... For normal street operated cars and trucks the normal drive shaft angle is from one to three degrees from horizontal. One degree being the minimum to allow the u-joint to work and the bearing surfaces to rotate in the housing preventing all the load to remain on one group of needle bearings all the time.

here's some driveline phasing info you might find interesting..

driveline phasing article

later
john

Jan 27, 2007 | 09:31 AM

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danfish

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Hey, thanks a lot for that article it will really help. And from what I can tell the motor pretty much mounts in flat there's no angling the engine back or anything.

Jan 27, 2007 | 10:25 AM