Re: Still feeling stupid...

["Abrusci, Mike (NM75)" <mike.abrusci@domain.elided>]

Someone said:

if you take a magnetic angle
finder and put it on your driveshaft with the truck on a level surface
you will get your driveshaft angle. Actually take that number and devide
it by two, then you have your angle. If it is two great your yokes will
bind up instead of turning. It wouldn't be a pretty sight.


If I am not mistaken this is how you find your angles.

Use the magnetic angle finder to get the drivline angle and write it down.
Then hold a socket on the round head of the ujoints pointing down. Put the
angle finder on the socket and record that angles (Positive or Negative---Up
or Down).  I removed the driveline and used a combination square flat
against each yoke and put the angle finder against the ruler part.

Once you got the angles you do the math: Example my driveline was 20
degrees, axle yoke 5 degrees up, t-case 3 degrees up.

Axle	 20 deg - 5 deg = 15 deg		ujoint angle
t-case	20 deg + 3 deg = 23 deg		ujoint angle

If your axle yoke is pointing down from level you would add instead of
subtract.
If your t-case is pointing down from level you would subtract instead of
add.

I hope this makes sense and helps

Mike