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07-11-2013, 10:42 PM
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Driveshaft
Does anyone know of any other vehicles that come with a 65 inch driveshaft center of u joint to center of u joint that will work in our short bed trucks? I just put a th350 in my 83 and the old one for the 700r4 is too short.trying to avoid having one made if possible .rear is a 10 bolt btw.thanks
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07-11-2013, 11:19 PM
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Re: Driveshaft
Sorry typo 59.5 inch driveshaft .
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07-12-2013, 12:40 AM
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Re: Driveshaft
Then you have a short shaft th350. You need a long shaft th350 and you can keep the original driveshaft.
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07-12-2013, 06:33 AM
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Re: Driveshaft
Yeah I know that but this trans and engine came out of my drag car and I have put a lot of money in it and I don't want to get a whole other trans ,a drive shaft is a lot cheaper than another race prepped transmission.looks like ill just have to make one.
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07-12-2013, 08:02 AM
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Re: Driveshaft
I made the same mistake when rebuilding my 74 GMC C1500. I bought a short shaft TH350 from Summit by accident. Luckily I was able to find a longer front drive-shaft section from the local pick & pull.
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07-12-2013, 01:58 PM
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Re: Driveshaft
You can just have the tail shafts swapped between long and short transmissions hence keeping your nice trans. Or you can get a long bed driveshaft and have it cut down but I'm sure the critical speed no matter what you do won't be ideal unless you had the driveshaft custom made
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07-13-2013, 02:28 PM
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Re: Driveshaft
Just go to Pic-A-Part with a tape measure and start crawling under General Moters vehicles. If no luck, move over to Fords. You are sure to find one that meets your requirements.
I have swapped to a T5 then added a ford 9inch and now a T56. Oh yea, also went from LWB to SWB and went through a few driveshafts and got all of them as factory parts from wrecking yard.
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07-13-2013, 05:07 PM
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Re: Driveshaft
That's what I usually do ,I just being lazy .im off to u pullit to find one.i am in the process of building a 9 in for mine too but it will be a while before its done.then I get to doit all over again.
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