Ok...it went in tonight. Not as easy as the stock one. This one is so wide I had to keep rotating it to get the bolts to have room to thread. I went with an aluminum shaft with 3" Spicer joints. Pretty sharp item.
Anyway. I put the car up on stands under the frame so the rear wheels were just hanging loose.
Put her in 1st and let her run a bit. The front joint is rotating nicely and with no apparent wobble. The rear of the drive shaft has a slight up and down movement. I put a piece of Styrofoam to the drive shaft just between the joint and the weights in the rear and it is definitely moving up and down a bit as it would rub...then clear...then rub.....etc
Is this because the tires are off the ground and the pinion angle is off? Or is the diff yoke bent?
TIA
Bill
Anyway. I put the car up on stands under the frame so the rear wheels were just hanging loose.
Put her in 1st and let her run a bit. The front joint is rotating nicely and with no apparent wobble. The rear of the drive shaft has a slight up and down movement. I put a piece of Styrofoam to the drive shaft just between the joint and the weights in the rear and it is definitely moving up and down a bit as it would rub...then clear...then rub.....etc
Is this because the tires are off the ground and the pinion angle is off? Or is the diff yoke bent?
TIA
Bill