birdman2447

I am building a ls1/t56 bmw. I had the driveshaft made up at a local shop. There was a mis-communication when the fab guy made it up and it looks to me to be slightly too short but i am not experienced in what is ok for these slip yokes. I have read somewhere that too little insertion depth can lead to issues. The car has independent rear suspension fixed on stiff poly bushing as well as the engine and tranny. So the distance between the tranny and diff should be almost constant. The slip yoke is the standard 3.5inch length and there is about 1-5/8 of slip travel currently.

Dose the shaft look fine to use? or should i get the guy to make me another one? Am I foolish to think of finding a longer slip yoke to solve the problem?



any input would be great

thanks

RARON455

iTrader: (35)

I have always heard that when the driveshaft is installed,,,That it needs to have 1 inch of forward travel before bottoming out in the trans.. Hope this helps

conv55

Denny's Driveshafts recommends 3/4" to 1" travel and never use longer yoke to makeup travel.