Driveshaft angle/am I screwed

[Lenie]

Engine at 4* angled down at yoke, rearend pinion is also at 4* facing down and sits higher then the transmission yoke. Driveshaft is installed and angles up from the tranny to the rearend at 3*. From what I've been reading, this isn't good is it ?

[The WidowMaker]

from what you have posted, youre front WA is 7* and your rear WA is 1*. obviously not what you want. you either need to shim the tranny up or lower the pinion more towards the ground. with those numbers i would start with both. you will be amazed at what even 1/4" under the tranny can do.

[Lenie]

Originally Posted by The WidowMaker

from what you have posted, youre front WA is 7* and your rear WA is 1*. obviously not what you want. you either need to shim the tranny up or lower the pinion more towards the ground. with those numbers i would start with both. you will be amazed at what even 1/4" under the tranny can do.

Thanks, I'll start working in that direction. I just thought if the rear pinion was higher than the transmission yoke that was bad ju ju. This I think I can fix by raising the trans as you've stated.
Thanks again

[68protouring454]

doesnt matter how there orientated, you just need minimum working angle for the u joints to work.
that comes down to what type of rear susp you have as they all vary in how much pinion angle change is seen under throttle

[Vegas69]

Raise the trans as high as possible and go from there.....

[Lenie]

will do, thanks

[andrewb70]

Sometimes it is not possible to raise the back of the transmission high enough to fix the working angles. I had this problem with my GTO and I decided to go a different route:

http://www.pro-touring.com/showthrea...ion-2.0/page28

Andrew

[Vegas69]

But, you don't even know it's fixed your problem.

[andrewb70]

Originally Posted by Vegas69

But, you don't even know it's fixed your problem.

I actually do. It did.

Andrew

[Vegas69]

I did see that on Chevelles.com but you posted this before hand.