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4x4Poet · 05-09-2006, 01:19 AM

Ask your driveshaft maker what the smallest length jackshaft he can build. That will determine your minimum length back from the tranny yoke. IIRC, a slipjoint jackshaft must be almost a foot long, but I'm no DS expert.

BTW, the size yokes/U-joints you use determines part of the minimum length.

05-09-2006, 01:19 AM	#17
4x4Poet Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: "Under Montana skies." Posts: 1,836	Re: advice for divorced transfer install Ask your driveshaft maker what the smallest length jackshaft he can build. That will determine your minimum length back from the tranny yoke. IIRC, a slipjoint jackshaft must be almost a foot long, but I'm no DS expert. BTW, the size yokes/U-joints you use determines part of the minimum length. __________________ '71 GMC K20 Suburban, '71 GMC K10 Suburban, '72 Chevy C10 CST Suburban, '72 Chevy K20 clunker pickup.