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Old Apr 9, 2018 | 06:45 PM
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Decided to go to alum. half shafts this one ready to weld and clean up (make shiny) Will do the other tomorrow. Im still thinking about
the alum drive yoke on the trailing arm side.
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I assume they fit c3's?
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I assume they fit c3's?
I assume from the rough context that he is planning to use the C4 halfshaft as a basis to build a C3 halfshaft.
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Old Apr 10, 2018 | 09:29 AM
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His other recent post is similar.

https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...ling-arms.html
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C 4 half shafts are longer so they have to be shortened, Ive got many Items in the works
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I assume they fit c3's?
​​​​​​​They fit fine. I've been running shortened C4 shafts on my '69 for about ten years.
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Welded, time to clean up. Decided to go with a pair of alum. drive yokes on the axle side and the steel on the rear end side. Waiting for the alum. ones to ship.
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Still waiting for the Alum. flanges
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Are they stronger than the 3 inch half shafts on the C3's?
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3.5 x.125 wall should be the same just lighter
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