Where did you get the shaft?

[OhBuoy]

Got your attention. Drive shaft that is. I need everything from the slip yoke at the trans back to the part that mounts to the flange on the differential. I just have a flange at the diff, not a yoke. Where is the best place to go? I am in Illinois. How do I measure? Does B&B sell them?

[jams]

Hi there,

I got the yoke on the trans from the people I ordered the trans from. The key is to just count the number of splines, other than that they are rather universal. I then had my brother's truck parts business make me a drive shaft. It is not a big deal. Any reputable drive shaft place can make one for you. I don't know what rear you have but I have the 8.5 ford rear, which is very common. I don't know the part number but the guy who made my drive shaft was able to match it up quickly. The 8.8 rear is found in many Ford Explorers etc. It was a pain finding the correct bolt to mount the yoke to the flange. They are a Ford part. Some weird metric size. They cost about .80 each.

The drive shaft guy told me to take a measurement from the flange to the center of the hole in the yoke where the universal joint will be mounted. Ask the place who makes yours what they require. Also, before you take the measurement pull the yoke out of the trans about an inch to allow for travel. Keep in mind the car is going to weigh more once it is complete: Battery, full tank of gas, the body, driver and passenger. The more weight that is added the lower the back of the car will go and the more the trans yoke will enter the trans. I added weight to my frame before I took the measurement just to account for the items I mentioned. It may be overkill but you would not want to hit a big bump and not have enough play in your driveline. There may be an easier way to account for the weight, I just went with what I knew and what I had.

Let me know if you have any further questions. Sometimes expressing yourself in a text reply is difficult.

P.S. I just started my car this weekend. What a relief. There is a light at the end of the tunnel.

My Cobra page
http://www.jamswebdesign.com/cobra2/

Good Luck
Jim

[Jim Werth]

I got my yoke from Fortes Parts. Had my drive shaft made locally. B+B did sell them when I got my car. They had them made by a local guy.

[Whaler]

Oh bouy are you irs or liveaxle?
Thats will make things different when taking measurements

Anyhow for measurements, instruction on the same etc, go to

http://www.dennysdriveshaft.com/

For how to measure

http://www.dennysdriveshaft.com/html...o_measure.html


Use his drawings for your measurements . Its a great resource to take to the shop you finally choose.

Thank you Denny


My tube alone was only 13 inches between weld yokes

On my 8.8, I had to acquire the flange yoke and two weld yokes with two universals. I had the slip yoke for my tremec tko it was included. All spicer stuff

Whole thing with balance was just over 330 CDN A shade over 200 US

Tim