Drive train - angle of the dangle

[MAStuart]

You are making a bigger deal out of it than it is. If you have room shim your trans up if you can 1/2 to 3/4 inch. Then adjust your pinion yoke down with your 4 bar. Make your pinion and engine trans centerlines parallel. Does not matter if your trans output is lower what your pinion input. There are a lot of cars that are setup like yours. If the working angle of the U joint is too severe you may need a shorter trans so your drive shaft can be longer. Look up what the working angle of a U joint is so you don't confuse it with your drive shaft angle or drive line angle.

[Speedwaypj]

Originally Posted by MAStuart

You are making a bigger deal out of it than it is. If you have room shim your trans up if you can 1/2 to 3/4 inch. Then adjust your pinion yoke down with your 4 bar. Make your pinion and engine trans centerlines parallel. Does not matter if your trans output is lower what your pinion input. There are a lot of cars that are setup like yours. If the working angle of the U joint is too severe you may need a shorter trans so your drive shaft can be longer. Look up what the working angle of a U joint is so you don't confuse it with your drive shaft angle or drive line angle.

So you are saying it’s ok for the driveshaft to point “uphill” as long as I follow the rules for parallel (tranny and rear) angles (around 3*) from everything I read and to ensure the working angles are within the recommendations? I have read....
- (tranny and rear end) operating angles must be less than 1° difference.
- Tranny and rear end should be parallel and no more than 3°
- U join angle should be less than three degrees to tranny and/or rear end
- Drive shaft should have at least 1/2° difference between tranny and rear end to allow the U joints to work properly.
Please correct me if I have it wrong.
Thank you,
PJ