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Old 12-26-2003, 08:58 PM   #1
Scrub
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Driveline and U-joints and Yokes!..Oh My!

Maybe some of you that have busted up a few drivelines can give me an opinion here.

I see guys (and a few gals) building trucks up with big lifts and such and the last challenge that is tacked is the drivelines. What I want to avoid is the extrem angles I on some of these rigs.

On that criteria, I have made a decision to go with a divorced t-case. The reasons are:
1) I can center the case on the frame (allmost) and have flatter drivelines. Possibly 2 identical drivelines.
2) I can use any 2wd transmission - gear venders etc and only need to cut a driveline for an adapter.
3) It has 32 splines on all 3 yokes
4) I own it.

It turns into a balancing act. To get clearance, the t-case mount is now into the cab about 4 inches and I will have to cut a huge hole the floor under the seat and build a cover pan.

I have about 12.5 degrees of ujoint angle comming off the t-case. Does anyone have experince with that much angle. I know some rigs are well into the 20 and even 30 percent range, but I want to be able to drive this. I calculated my driveline RPM at 2650 when doing 60 MPH. According to http://www.drivetrain.com/driveline_angle_problem.html
my max at that RPM is 7 percent. I am over the published limit of 11.5

Opinons please. The drivlines look exposed to me, except that they are pretty high. The bucket is directly under the t-cace in one pic and the front line in another.
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70 GMC 1,000,000 + miles
72 K-20 project, 456 Dana60 front, Corp14 rear w/locker, 265R19.5 tires 20-ply. Warn 12k winches both ends, Cross-over steering with raised tie-rod, Powerbox steering, 4500 watt 120-AC power, Air, Hydraulic aux power, 4 inch lift, 5000 lb air-bags both ends.
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