Hi all,
If this is a bad idea someone please tell me. '55 coupe, T-10 4-speed, am running a single piece driveshaft because someone before me cut out the x-member. Am having slight driveshaft/tunnel interference under hard acceleration and/or speed bumps even with custom 2-3/4" shaft. Looking under car the shaft is not centered in the tunnel. Looks like if I shift the trans over just a hair that I will have much more clearance. Am thinking of removing the bellhousing mount and slotting the mounting holes slightly with a die grinder to make the required clearance. Might change the U-joint angle by a degree or so. I don't *think* this should be a problem... should it?
Option b) would be to use the Dick Steinkamp method and use a 2-piece shaft with the T-10 slip yoke. I have all the parts to do this, although I would probably want to obtain a new front driveshaft section to modify as the shaft that I have is from a '57 Golden Hawk and I don't want to cut it in case a T-85 drops into my lap.
thoughts?
nate
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55 Commander Starlight
http://members.cox.net/njnagel
If this is a bad idea someone please tell me. '55 coupe, T-10 4-speed, am running a single piece driveshaft because someone before me cut out the x-member. Am having slight driveshaft/tunnel interference under hard acceleration and/or speed bumps even with custom 2-3/4" shaft. Looking under car the shaft is not centered in the tunnel. Looks like if I shift the trans over just a hair that I will have much more clearance. Am thinking of removing the bellhousing mount and slotting the mounting holes slightly with a die grinder to make the required clearance. Might change the U-joint angle by a degree or so. I don't *think* this should be a problem... should it?
Option b) would be to use the Dick Steinkamp method and use a 2-piece shaft with the T-10 slip yoke. I have all the parts to do this, although I would probably want to obtain a new front driveshaft section to modify as the shaft that I have is from a '57 Golden Hawk and I don't want to cut it in case a T-85 drops into my lap.
thoughts?
nate
--
55 Commander Starlight
http://members.cox.net/njnagel
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