Thread: got me a t-5!
View Single Post
Old 09-17-2011, 01:43 PM   #8
jocko
Senior Member
 
jocko's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Godley, TX
Posts: 18,001
Re: got me a t-5!

Quote:
Originally Posted by oldtrux View Post
yes jocko,i read your thread on the t5 swap,excellent info!thanks for that,it will certainly help a lot of us on here!by the way how much did you have to shorten your driveshaft?
Oldtrux,
Sorry I missed your d/s question from earlier - ended up taking about 8" out of it just to give you a rough estimate - but you'll need to measure your truck exactly to have the shop cut it correctly. Make sure you measure with weight-on-wheels, not on jacks. Most shops want the measurement from the vertical face of the rear of the tailshaft housing (i.e. the rear seal) to the centerline of the rear u-joint (i.e. in most cases, if you have the driveshaft out - it's the surface of the half-cradle where the u-joints rest).
jocko is offline   Reply With Quote