half shaft length?
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Racer
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From: edmonton alberta
half shaft length?
i just got a set of aluminum dynotech hd half shafts off ebay ,said they where for a 84-96 vette now that im looking at them they look short .does anyone have one laying around they can measure for me from center to center of u joint .i cant get to my car because its in my bros garage and he is on holiday .if some one can help me out with the measurements that would be great .thank you
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I have a half-shaft with no ujoints installed. Therefore, I measured where the farthest point of the ujoint would be on the outside. My measurement is 19 5/16 inches.
Last edited by 85vet; May 21, 2007 at 11:18 AM.
Melting Slicks
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Wait, explain that more.
If this was a halfshaft with u-joints installed..
+-----+
Did you measure from the outter left/right edges of each + sign? Would you be able to measure from the center of each end cap pressed into the halfshaft for him? All of my spares are at my parents' house 50 miles away so I can't.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Oct 2000
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From: Heidelberg PA
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Wait, explain that more.
If this was a halfshaft with u-joints installed..
+-----+
Did you measure from the outter left/right edges of each + sign? (YES) Would you be able to measure from the center of each end cap pressed into the halfshaft for him? All of my spares are at my parents' house 50 miles away so I can't.
If this was a halfshaft with u-joints installed..
+-----+
Did you measure from the outter left/right edges of each + sign? (YES) Would you be able to measure from the center of each end cap pressed into the halfshaft for him? All of my spares are at my parents' house 50 miles away so I can't.
ex: ()--------() this is 1/2 shaft and "(" on left and ")"on the right, is the outside edge of u-joint cap. I do not have u-joints in the 1/2 shaft. Outside edges of where caps would be is 19 5/16 inches apart.
Doesn't really matter if I measure with ujoints on. His 1/2 shafts are definately toooooo small. what is the size of the cap? lets's say 1" then center of caps would be 19.3125" - (1/2 * 2) = 18.3125". VS his total length of 15"
Last edited by 85vet; May 21, 2007 at 06:00 PM.
Thread Starter
Racer
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From: edmonton alberta
yup i got shafted
ya i found out they are for a 63-79 vette their about 13 1/2 inch from center to center of u joints the guy i bought them off of on ebay wont return my emails .thanks 85vet for measuring your half shafts
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