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Lenie
05-03-2011, 01:03 PM
Engine at 4* angled down at yoke, rearend pinion is also at 4* facing down and sits higher then the transmission yoke. Driveshaft is installed and angles up from the tranny to the rearend at 3*. From what I've been reading, this isn't good is it:_paranoid ?
The WidowMaker
05-03-2011, 01:25 PM
from what you have posted, youre front WA is 7* and your rear WA is 1*. obviously not what you want. you either need to shim the tranny up or lower the pinion more towards the ground. with those numbers i would start with both. you will be amazed at what even 1/4" under the tranny can do.
Lenie
05-03-2011, 10:40 PM
from what you have posted, youre front WA is 7* and your rear WA is 1*. obviously not what you want. you either need to shim the tranny up or lower the pinion more towards the ground. with those numbers i would start with both. you will be amazed at what even 1/4" under the tranny can do.

Thanks, I'll start working in that direction. I just thought if the rear pinion was higher than the transmission yoke that was bad ju ju. This I think I can fix by raising the trans as you've stated.
Thanks again
68protouring454
05-04-2011, 03:45 AM
doesnt matter how there orientated, you just need minimum working angle for the u joints to work.
that comes down to what type of rear susp you have as they all vary in how much pinion angle change is seen under throttle
Vegas69
05-04-2011, 07:08 AM
Raise the trans as high as possible and go from there.....
Lenie
05-04-2011, 07:36 AM
will do, thanks
andrewb70
06-04-2011, 06:18 PM
Sometimes it is not possible to raise the back of the transmission high enough to fix the working angles. I had this problem with my GTO and I decided to go a different route:

http://www.pro-touring.com/showthread.php?40904-1970-GTO-Version-2.0/page28

Andrew
Vegas69
06-04-2011, 09:15 PM
But, you don't even know it's fixed your problem.
andrewb70
07-10-2011, 08:57 AM
But, you don't even know it's fixed your problem.

I actually do. It did.

Andrew
Vegas69
07-11-2011, 02:52 PM
I did see that on Chevelles.com but you posted this before hand.
andrewb70
07-13-2011, 03:37 PM
I did see that on Chevelles.com but you posted this before hand.

That's because I was confident that it would work.

Andrew