2 piece driveshaft angle adjustment????

[Hottrucks]

ok heres the issue has anyone shim there carrier down to change the angle of the DS....when I get low I can feel the shaft come into a vibration so my thought was to drop the carrier a bit buy taking out the bolt and putting something under it and using longer bolts??? havn't really looke at it kinda going by memory??

or an other ideas?? one piece isnt really an option? but??? if there is a bone yard replacement I may try it ( need year and info if they are available)

thanx
JEff

[chevyjmm6796]

i went with a sliding rear shaft and it cured my problems i think the kit was $250 but was worth it. here is the link http://www.iedls.com/page4.html

[Mike J]

that's pretty sweet! before I start driving, I need to replace the joints and the center bearing- that sliding shaft kit would take care of most of that as well! - They don't have prices listed on the site-- you said you only paid $250 for that rear sliding section with the poly center support bearing? if so, that sounds like a kick a$$ deal...

[powell72]

I did pretty much the same thing with my bagged longbed. Whenever I was riding low a vibration would come in like you described. I had an auto truck with the carrier bearing hanging off what was basically a fancy L-bracket on the trailing arm crossmember. I made a new bracket that moved the carrier bearing closer to the top of the crossmember, getting the rear section driveshaft back to a less extreme angle, eliminating the vibration.
The only issue I could think of with this is my front section of driveshaft from the trans to the carrier bearing was now straight in line, and u-joints need to run at an angle to keep the needles in the cups rotating, effectively shortening the life of my u-joints. But I never had any problems.
Sorry this was almost ten years ago, so no pics.

[jlolson]

When I replaced my carrier bearing a couple of weeks ago I found that it was shimmed. The truck is new to me and I'm not sure why it was done originally. The ride height is stock and it drives fine so I just put them back in.

The bearing is dropped about 1 inch, just some old scrap plate shims on top of the assembly. I'm not sure if it required longer bolts cause I don't know what stock was. So ya.... it can be done.

[Hottrucks]

thanx Chris that conferms what I was thinking

jlolson I think that shimmong it down would make it worse in a lowered truck