Drive Shaft Angles Part 2 - HUH???-

[NomadJeep]

Now I am about fed up dammit... :lol:

Ok, so from my other post, I figured in my head what size shim I should put in, remebering that as you raise the pinion, the driveshaft angle will lower.

So from the pic, the drive shaft was at 25.5 and the Pinion was at 18.5... that is a 7 degree difference. So, I figured that if I added 3 degrees, the pinion would jump to 21.5 and the drive shaft would drop off 2 degrees. So, just because I have no idea at this point I called Tom Woods, and asked them, they actually have a calculation, so he worked the numbers.... and said, you need to add 3 degrees... Cool...


So I order up my Shims, I had 5 in there, so I needed to jump to 8, well I put them in tonight, and now I get 22 on the pinion (which is about right), and 21 on the drive shaft... Now my pinion points higher than my shaft... So what would be the solution, I had a 5, if I went to a 6, what would that help and I have never heard of anyone making a 7?

 

[xjmark]

Why is it that people that throw whatever they have sitting on the shelf have no problems, and people like us that do things the "right way" have problems like this? :?

From what I'm gathering from the info here, go with the 6 degree shim. It should be well within the range. Maybe there's something else causing the vibes and you're chasing the wrong culprit?

 

[bigbadwhitey666]

I agree with Steve .Got to be the Shaft .Did U try running it with your Pinion and Shaft at the same angle? Thats how mine is and I have no Vibes. Maybe When ya Gas it It dosent move as much as ya Think ,So U woudnt need the extra pinion angle.

 

[NomadJeep]

Thanks everyone for thier help, the D-shaft is about a year old, and is a TW HD, and I know that my front from Tom was screwed up, from when I got it the second time via UPS.

But, everything is all good,

Many thanks go out to Detour, or milling down my 8 degree shims to a 6.5 shim... which gave me a perfect 3 degress below. (hope the leaf springs dont sag now and screw it all up :wink: )

Also, to help correct the front, I thank Liz for the $$ help to buy this...

 

[DonnyG]

She gave you money to buy Jeep stuff :shock: :shock: ?!?!?!?!


Wait, is she paying you for "favors" :wink: 8)


Cool, I gotta learn that trick :wink:

 

[CJKarl]

Thanks everyone for thier help, the D-shaft is about a year old, and is a TW HD, and I know that my front from Tom was screwed up, from when I got it the second time via UPS.

But, everything is all good,

Many thanks go out to Detour, or milling down my 8 degree shims to a 6.5 shim... which gave me a perfect 3 degress below. (hope the leaf springs dont sag now and screw it all up :wink: )

Also, to help correct the front, I thank Liz for the $$ help to buy this...

Hmmm...that thing is look'in more and more like a CJ all the time. Keep up the good work. Ron has a nice front that would look sweet.