Thought I'd put this here instead of my build thread. I've been messing with this Trimec Drive Line Angle program on the wife's smart phone and can not dial the numbers in. Seems that this phone app does not work right...no matter where I place the numbers I can't get a green light.
I lowered my motor mounts by 1.750 to get my rear pinion / tail shaft heights closer....it was a 4.5 difference now it's 3". It may not have been needed, but I'll do better in the way of body roll and it does have a better look. The bottom of oil pan is 2" above the axle.
I just used the Spicer Calculator online.. my kid told me to plug in parallel numbers. Tail shaft 3 degrees down and pinion 3 degrees up. My drive shaft angle (piece of tubing right now) is 4 degrees. These numbers seem to work and give me operating angles of 1.5 which is a green light
So the question is....does 3 degrees down on the tail shaft / 3 degrees up on the pinion make sense? I wasted a good part of the day trying to work around what I read about the pinion should be facing down.... ARRG
Maybe I eat too much turkey (
I lowered my motor mounts by 1.750 to get my rear pinion / tail shaft heights closer....it was a 4.5 difference now it's 3". It may not have been needed, but I'll do better in the way of body roll and it does have a better look. The bottom of oil pan is 2" above the axle.
I just used the Spicer Calculator online.. my kid told me to plug in parallel numbers. Tail shaft 3 degrees down and pinion 3 degrees up. My drive shaft angle (piece of tubing right now) is 4 degrees. These numbers seem to work and give me operating angles of 1.5 which is a green light
So the question is....does 3 degrees down on the tail shaft / 3 degrees up on the pinion make sense? I wasted a good part of the day trying to work around what I read about the pinion should be facing down.... ARRG
Maybe I eat too much turkey (
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