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TH350 and T56 have same output shaft, so I threw the old driveshaft in to check things out. Its about 6" short, but its good for mock up. New prob is with the current angles, the DS is too close to the frame crossmember. I imagine it would contact on mild bumps as the rear suspension nears the bump stops. This of course is going to be made worse the closer I get the tailshaft angle to the rear end angle. This is also assuming the the current driveshaft dia can be reused. Definitely need to put some more thought into options here but I ran out of time tonight. First glance looks like I can gain 1/2" or so of clearance if I do some cutting.

I know a few vendors make crossmembers for dropped trucks, but the consensus is you don't need one with this size C notch. So I didn't buy one early on. I only found a couple T56 c10 builds and none of them on bags. I think the T56 is the game changer here since the tailshaft is much higher up than TH350. So I think I will just lovingly clearance the current crossmember. It will be cleaner and quicker than pulling the crossmember, which would require removing about 16 rivets and disassembling the rear suspension