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12-26-2003, 08:58 PM | #1 |
Collector of rusty Items
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Sisters,Oregon USA
Posts: 731
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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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