[Formulajones]

Originally Posted by 78w72

that would be great. strange felt it was enough of a difference to mention it & suggested i should decide now vs down the road... but then again the guy was trying to sell an additional forged pinion yoke.

so like FJ said, its probably not that much different between the 2 & the allowed slack for the yoke in the trans would allow for a slight difference. funny though when i asked what the acceptable in & out play is for the trans yoke, he said they dont go by that & use the dimensions they ask for when ordering a driveshaft, yet my local driveline shop & other driveline companies mention it as a way to verify the drive shaft length, think it was like .75-1" or something close to that.

The driveline shop I use locally likes to see about 2-3 inches of spline engagement. That usually ends up with the driveshaft back about 1 inch from full engagement. As the rear moves up and down the driveshaft doesn't really move in and out all that much.