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Old 09-03-2016, 01:33 PM   #29
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Default Re: Drive Shaft Angel

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Originally Posted by Jason in TX View Post
Outstanding video of the importance of maintaining parallel transmission output and pinion input when using universal joints. Phasing is also key or there will be driveline vibration.


seems for every rule there is an exception: I was helping assemble a '68 Camaro my son-in-law bought in pieces when I noticed the driveshaft yokes were several degrees out of phase. I explained the importance of proper phasing and had him get another driveshaft. It was the same way! He took it to an old time driveshaft shop and they told him there was nothing wrong with it; that's how those Camaros came from the factory. I was working in a Chevy dealer's shop in '67 when Camaro's came out but never noticed this through the years.
Don't forget that those Camaros used that stupid MONO-leaf spring that would easily allow the pinion angle to change as housing torque wrapped that leaf upward in the front. Another reason they hopped so badly. DD
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