hey joe, does your truck have a locker, or a limited-slip device in the rear end? Any play in the pinion?

 

some play not much on open rear end but the first owner told me it was locked

 

play up and down, or are you talking going from throttle to coasting? I know when my yoke loosens up every once in awhile, especially after I pull something way too heavy, I have a vibration and usually break out the 3/4" drive sockets and tighten it back down. The vibration goes away. Usually only has about 1/8" up and down play, about the same as a really worn u-joint.

 

o its not lose i just replace my pinion yoke 3 weeks back it has play when i turn it right to left

 

ok. I know how much it sucks waiting on money to fix something. I have to wait til after xmas before I can find a 4 or 5 speed to put in that 89 half ton i just bought for $75.

 

it suck cause the people next door hate it case it sounds the the big block it is they have been trying to get it towed away for months

 

That drive line angle looks straight, almost to straight.

What is that mess laying on the brake pedal?

That plug you are holding is supposed to go to the low vacuum switch.

You have a good project vehicle there.

 

are you greasing the u-joints when you put them in the come pre-greased but its not sufficient for them to last long ya gotta put them in then grease them.im doin both my u-joints on the front shaft in the morning at work gonna pop the bad one out in a press.cause its stuck!!

 

yes i grease them dave that a plug dave it a big black wire

 

Maybe You should put the muffler back on it. Before it does get towed away?

 

When I install U joints, the first thing I do is pump all that gunk they ship with out before I even install the joints in the shaft.

As soon as it is installed, I give it several more pumps to make sure it is well greased.

 

dave what d u mean to stairt

 

Not to sure about stairt but in the picture in your gallery the driveshaft looks like there is no angle where it connects to the rearend may be an optical illusion. But beeing too straight will cause a vibration too. I dont know how yours can be to straight the angle needs to be the same at both ends.

 

what should the factory angle be

 

Not sure Joe never actually measured one.