Ok...so im in the process of putting a 14 bolt and dana 60 inmy buddies 81 chevy.

We put the 14 bolt in and our pinion points directly at the transfer case (almost perfectly straight). This means were gona have to run a CV Driveshaft. Went to a driveshaft shop up here in port kells, and they told us they dont make cv shafts that can handle the angle at the Transfer case :skull:

so...is the only way to go a High Angle Shaft from high angle driveline? Iv herd those are really expensive. If it needs to happen it can happen.

Also...currently runnin a th400 to a np208c, cna having trouble finding a 205 off of a 400 for it. Will the 208 hold up?


thanks..and if anyone has pics of their setup it woul dbe AWESOME:beer:

if your pinion is pointing directly at the TC why is it necessary to have a C/V shaft? wouldnt this be the ideal angle or am I missing something?

suposed to run a cv at the top if the pinion points directly to the case ( theres a diagram somewhere on the internet)

SUposed to run a normal shaft if the agle coming out of the transfer case and the angle out of the pinion are parellel

get a protractor and a stick and estimate the angle the cv would be setting at. CV don't handle high angles any better than a u-joint they just don't vibrate at these angles.

http://www.4xshaft.com/

Have a read.

First define the problem - what is "The Angle the CV will need" : measure the angle difference between the transfer case angle and the driveshaft angle ( this is the angle the CV joint will see at normal usage). This will tell you whether you need a special CV or not. i.e. this is the driveline angle minus the angle of the engine/transmission/transfer case centerline ( which probably drops 7 degrees or so ).

ok...i will do that tomorow...

High Angle Driveline is not the only source for a C/V shaft but in my many years doing this is the best quality/customer service! You need to run a C/v case now because the rotation of the rear up at the X-case. The way stock stuff is that the 2 angles on the u-joints are set to "cancel" each other as they rotate at the same angles. Good Luck......:D