moekluse

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Hi everyone, I swapped a ls6/tr6060 into my 1978 trans am. Of course that means my old drive shaft is useless. The new transmission has a 3 bolt flange, and I'm not looking to convert any internals of it to accept a slip yolk at this time. 8.5 inch 10 bolt diff (3.73 gears, auburn posi, axels...etc)

what are my options for driveshaft? Clearly a custom one but as far as a single or 2 piece, etc. If anyone could point me in the right direction, I would really appreciate it! Thank you

01ssreda4

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It HAS to have a slip somewhere, cant be fixed at both ends with a solid rear axle. Seems weird to not convert the trans and be done with it.

moekluse

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yea I figured... I didn't realize till trans was bolted in and everything was done. What goes into converting the tr6060, do I need to pull trans or is it removable from the tail section? What are my other options? I know they make adapters to go from the flat flange to a u joint so maybe a split shaft would be my best bet

01ssreda4

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Im not super familiar with either of your questions but my guess on the trans is it would have to be mostly disassembled to have the output shaft replaced? I know thats not the answer you want to hear. As far as two piece or slip shafts, i have nearly no direct experience with them.

moekluse

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I'll contact some 4x4 shops to see what they can do and if I can't go with a slip shaft, then I guess trans is coming out

onebadbowtie86

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post 18

https://ls1tech.com/forums/conversio...68-camaro.html

onebadbowtie86

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Your either going to spend a lot of money on the transmission switching it to use a slip yoke, or buy an expensive driveshaft. I would just get the custon cv driveshaft made for your trans, or sell it and get a t56.

moekluse

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I think I'd wrather go with the expensive drive shaft lol, will save me time haha