driveshaft and pinion angles

[fixit-p]

Okay yes if your tranny is at 0* you can set drive-line #1 @ 1 1/2* up, but the angle of drive-line # 2 will be determined by its length and rise or fall after you have set the rear end to 1 1/2* down (parallel with drive-line #1. Once you have your angle gauge post up some real numbers.

[Hottrucks]

ok borrowing a gauge but can't get it till monday so here we are...

on a side note I was doing some measureing and noticed that we forgot 1 small detail...the pinion isn't in the middle??? its offset about 1 1/2" to the pass side which means that we are dealiing with a compound angle..(up and right)...

I'm pretty close to flipping the carrier cheating it to one side eye ball straight and calling it good but I want to follow though so maybe someone else can learn from it.....but it is confusing the hell out of me

Jeff

[fixit-p]

Dont worry about it being a compound angle virtually all rear axles are offset to some degree.

[Chevydude56]

I don't know if this will be any help. I have used this before to set up drive lines in heavy duty trucks

http://training.meritorhvs.com/DriveLineAngle.html

[Hottrucks]

chevydude I couldn't get it to open....I think I have a grip on it and once I get a guage I will start to move things around and look for the least amount of angle...one of the issues is going to be trying to get it RIGHT at ride height..that means I can't get my fat head under the truck...I'll also be adding drop spindles which is going to change my rear axle height since the front ride height of the frame will be 2" higher ( I can make that up with air for now it will look front high but after the drop things will come back around)


I just want to thank everyone for the help and input

[fixit-p]

You can set it at ride height on top of some ramps or jack stands if you need extra head room
Chevydude thats a really cool calculator.