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02-06-2007, 09:53 PM | #1 |
Purple People Eater
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Houston
Posts: 53
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Front Drive Shaft Questions and a Junk Yard Run
I'm new to the scene (had my '71 K5 4x4 less than two weeks), so i guarantee I'll be asking some stupid questions. I'm researching as much as I can through old threads, but I've still got some questions.
Essentially, I bought this truck and it didn't have a front drive shaft hooked up or a pinion yoke (correct term?) on the Dana 44. Pictures will be at the end of the post, and hopefully they're good enough to see what's going on. The differential shaft has 26 splines. As you can see in the pictures, there is a 4degree wedge installed between the leaves and the perch to lessen the U joint angle. The truck has about 6" of suspension lift, and the Tcase is an NP205 (both the Dana 44 and NP205 are presumably the stock equipment). I'm heading to the junk yard tomorrow to look for some donor trucks. What trucks/blazers/years can be donors for the yoke? Are there any vehicles with shafts that I can pull that will work? I've also heard that I can take an old shaft and get it lengthened at a drive shaft shop for fairly cheap to compensate for the lift. Is that true? While I'm at the yard, I'm going to be looking for some new 3 point seatbelts to install. I've been reading the following threads about the subject: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=176995 http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...ad.php?t=74199 I've attached pics of the bucket seats that are installed right now, and my question is: will the S10 belts still work with my seats? The floor is recarpeted, so I would need to know where to go digging for the mount holes. I tried finding the rollbar mounts 72beast/TONYP talked about over at CK5.com, but I can't seem to find them. Are there instructions for building them/how to get some? I have a rollbar installed, and 3point belts would make me feel a TON safer. Thanks for all of the help I've already gotten just by looking through the site, and especially for any insight yall could provide. I know the post is long winded, but I can't stand articles/posts/ads with too little info. Where I read about pinion angles: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...ad.php?t=88099 here's some pics of the truck for reference: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=225120
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