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Pinion angle measurements 200

posted by  Peetz on  Thu Oct 23 11:46 CST 2014
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Perhaps I can help with something useful.
All that is important is that the output shaft of the trans and the pinion shaft of the diff are parallel. They will of course be displaced vertically and horizontally from one another, and that's why you have u-joints. But they have to be parallel. I don't know what IPD says in their instructions but I've built enough cars to know this much.
Remove the driveshaft and put the car on stands. The rear suspension has to be at normal compression ride height. I use the craftsman protractor level with the magnets in it. Flange to flange the angle just has to be the same. Within a degree is perfect within two is good.
With the shaft out check that the u-joints aren't binding. With the new torque rods if the angle changed at all, even for the better, used u-joints may not be happy. Maybe replace them all.
Lots on the board about phasing the shafts and that's critical.
I made my own torque rods years ago to take the power of a 5.0 HO Ford engine. Worked great.






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