2 piece drive shaft angle help

[Hottrucks]

my truck is bagged with a C notch ,and 1" blocks ... the DS angle seems way out of wack so I need solutions..a 1 piece is out for now...I was looking for ideas related to moving the carrier and/or axle wedges....I figure someone must have had this issue before

Thanx
Jeff

[Longhorn Man]

if it doesn't bind, make noise, or shimmy, then you are probably ok. A one piece would most likely be worse too.

[Hottrucks]

any thought on raising the carrier in the x member and an axle wedge

[dwcsr]

you need to find out just how far out it is. put an angle gage on the rear ujoint flange. Shims should do it but you will need to pick a height at which you want to set the angle at. usually ride height make it within 2 degrees of the trans tail shaft.

[Hottrucks]

Originally Posted by dwcsr

you need to find out just how far out it is. put an angle gage on the rear ujoint flange. Shims should do it but you will need to pick a height at which you want to set the angle at. usually ride height make it within 2 degrees of the trans tail shaft.

thanx Dave I'm not sure how far out it is??? I think that being 2 piece I'm going to have issues.. the u joint flange is about ( guessing) 4" higher than the carrier....if I raise the carrier then I'm worried about the angle from the trans to carrier and going in to the trans..If I raise the tail shaft then my engine and carb flange will be off???? Rolling the diff is the easy part..

If I HAVE to go to plan B is there a drive shaft that works to convert it to 1 piece...th350 to 12 bolt...as much as I can't afford it right now the small drive shaft/u joints scares me with the new prostreet tires 3:73's and 350 plus hp...I have a spare 2 piece from a parts truck that I was going to keep around just incase but I would rather not worry if I'm at the strip or traffic light??

on a side note if I go to 1 piece is there any issue with the 1 piece hitting the x member where the carrier is now???

Thanx
Jeff

you can see in this pick that the pumpkin is vey close to the X memeber

[Slick67]

Install the carrier bearing upside down. It is somewhere in the suspension area. It may not get it perfect, but closer!

[Hottrucks]

thanx Slick I'll see if I can find it any ideas what the post was about??

[Hottrucks]

found it thanx

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...arrier+bearing