Is Driveshaft Supposed to be Angled?

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Sep 26, 2005 | 07:14 PM

singedfur

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Is Driveshaft Supposed to be Angled?

Hello. I just installed the driveshaft in my '72 project. The body is still off, and when viewing the driveshaft while standing at the rear of the car, you can see the driveshaft is farther to the right (passenger side) as it enters the tranny, than it is at the differential. There is a difference of about 1".

Is this normal? The diffy can only be mounted one way, and the engine/tranny, so I assume this must be how it should be, but it looks weird...!

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Sep 26, 2005 | 07:46 PM

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Normal. The u-joints actually work better with a slight angle.

Sep 26, 2005 | 07:51 PM

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yes, the engine is offset to the right, and offset more than the pinion, the driveshaft does angle from passenger side to pinion.

Sep 26, 2005 | 09:06 PM

David Ey

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Normal. The u-joints actually work better with a slight angle.

Huh?

Sep 26, 2005 | 10:09 PM

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Sep 27, 2005 | 05:04 AM

Twin_Turbo

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yes, he's right, some angle is desired so that the needles constantly rotate on the trunion, this prevents them from seizing up.

Sep 27, 2005 | 08:21 AM

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Sep 27, 2005 | 11:54 AM

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I really worked at getting my alignment as close as possible. I had a bad vibration and after straightening out the drive train is totally went away.
I actually move by rearend in an arc to better align the driveshaft.
Angles are ok as long as each end is the same but opposite in direction.
You can not have a big angle at one end and nothing at the other. It causes a vibration.
I kept my angles to about 1 degree, equal and opposite.