Twisted splines on my Viper shaft
04-14-2009, 02:21 PM
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Twisted splines on my Viper shaft I was doing a little work or the car and went to pull the drive shaft out but it would not "slip" forward into the transmission. Finally got it out and found that the splines in the slip yolk have twisted. 
How comon is this? Do I need to worry about it continuing to twist?
Probably need to stop being lazy and put that viper input shaft in!
How comon is this? Do I need to worry about it continuing to twist? Probably need to stop being lazy and put that viper input shaft in!
04-14-2009, 03:08 PM
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I have not seen this with the Viper yokes but its pretty common with the F body yokes in higher powered cars . It can and will cause issues by binding the rear bushing in the housing and causing it to spin out and possibly ruin the tail housing .
04-14-2009, 03:46 PM
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I just brought up the input shaft because I still have the stock one in place and figured it would be the first sign of trouble. Yes it is a spicer viper yolk that I twisted... I have not inpected the main shaft yet...will do that when I install the input shaft.
04-14-2009, 03:54 PM
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Yep this happened to me I had to buy a new extension housing and a forged slip yoke. I think I will be good now. The splines on the slip yoke will twist before the output shaft splines do.
