Drive shaft angle for Everett Morrison

[Jerry Clayton]

post 4 says you had the car on the ground and weighted(don't know how you got under it to measure) and now post #11 says you don't have your tires and wheels-------

[mjhcobra]

Each of the 4 tires (on stock steel 15" rims with a 26.5" tire, probably 20 years old just to roll around the garage) are blocked up about 4" or so to allow me to slide under the car to check angles.

I am going to now block the frame, support the rear axle, and remove both rear shocks. Hopefully, I can raise the rear axle to get the rear ride height, which should reduce the drive shaft angle and close the gap on the tires in the rear wheel well.

Looks like EM may have made a mistake on the rear shock length. Thanks for the comments, they were all helpful.

[mjhcobra]

This appears to solve the issue. I removed the rear shocks, raised the rear axle to fill the wheel well more, and the drive shaft angle is around a degree or so. The shocks that EM suggested were 16" long and 15" weighted with no adjustment to the spring. The new dimension between spring mounts is about 12.25" unloaded.
I will contact Aldan on Monday and see what they suggest. I would like to know from anyone who has an EM and the 5 bar link, what length shock they ended up with on the rear.