Driveshaft Questions
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From: Solon, Ohio
Driveshaft Questions
I have read in many posts that it is important to mark your driveshaft before removal to keep everything in it's original alignment. This sounds reasonable for several reasons.
But I remember in one thread someone mentioning they didn't know their original alignment and someone stated that the best course of action was to lay the shafts on a flat floor and make sure that the flats matched, then mark them, and the worst you could be off was 180 degrees, making it a 50/50 chance that it's right, and you could try it both ways to see which was best.
Do they come from the factory with the yokes exactly inline ??
I havn't gotten mine apart at the carrier bearing yet (hang-up getting the cup over the rubber seal off), but can clearly see that the yokes from the front shaft aren't exactly aligned with the yokes from the rear shaft.
Is this alignment that important ??
But I remember in one thread someone mentioning they didn't know their original alignment and someone stated that the best course of action was to lay the shafts on a flat floor and make sure that the flats matched, then mark them, and the worst you could be off was 180 degrees, making it a 50/50 chance that it's right, and you could try it both ways to see which was best.
Do they come from the factory with the yokes exactly inline ??
I havn't gotten mine apart at the carrier bearing yet (hang-up getting the cup over the rubber seal off), but can clearly see that the yokes from the front shaft aren't exactly aligned with the yokes from the rear shaft.
Is this alignment that important ??
Fleet Mechanic
Joined: Mar 2005
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From: St Louis
I have seen that it is imporant to keep the drive shaft in alignment with the axle yoke and the trasmission output. I think that it is more important though to keep your drive shaft yokes in alingment on slip shafts. Otherwise this could cause added wear to the u-joints.
