Driveshaft 1/4 inch to long - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

scott657 · 03-12-2016, 01:26 AM

Im swapping in a ford 9" into my 63 stepside. It leaves me with about 1/2" of end play in the trans side yoke. Since this is probably not the final incarnation of this truck, I thought i might have two options. one would be to move the engine and trans forward slightly,but that looks difficult the other would be to machine the yoke 1/4" to get the clearance (the yoke bottoms out externally). Anyone else ever have this Problem. The other solution is to shorten the shaft of course

LT1 Burb · 03-12-2016, 02:13 AM

I just had mine shortened, someone made it to long.

03-12-2016, 01:26 AM	#1
scott657 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Lancaster, ca Posts: 117	Driveshaft 1/4 inch to long Im swapping in a ford 9" into my 63 stepside. It leaves me with about 1/2" of end play in the trans side yoke. Since this is probably not the final incarnation of this truck, I thought i might have two options. one would be to move the engine and trans forward slightly,but that looks difficult the other would be to machine the yoke 1/4" to get the clearance (the yoke bottoms out externally). Anyone else ever have this Problem. The other solution is to shorten the shaft of course __________________ Scott 63 C10 Stepside 230 1bbl Saginaw 3 spd

03-12-2016, 02:13 AM	#2
LT1 Burb Registered User Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Winchester Oregon, formerly Vancouver BC Posts: 2,949	Re: Driveshaft 1/4 inch to long I just had mine shortened, someone made it to long.

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