Yeah, I have the cv driveshaft with a slipjoint. Recently rebuilt from a
previous problem so I'm miffed about having vibes again. So the pinion
should be pretty much straight in line with the driveshaft eh? I'll go
eyeball it one more time for today.

I read somewhere on a website about having it 1 degree lowered for axle
wrap, but I'm sure I wont be able to judge a degree until I get the angle
finder huh... I wish I had more time today to mess with it but I gotta be
asleep by 7:30 to be up for work at 3am. ugh.

Ah and that "friend" heh heh, does owe me some beer now. He thinks he did
something major wrong to my baby, I haven't told him its a minor thing yet,
just letting him sweat it out for a day.

Troy


"Matt Macchiarolo" > wrote in message
. ..
> Remember that if you have a CV rear driveshaft with a slipjoint, the
> pinion should be at the same angle as the driveshaft. If you have the
> stock slipyoke (not recommended with a 4" lift) the pinion should be
> parallel with the output shaft.
>
> And that friend now owes you a 12-pack.
>
> "DougW" > wrote in message
> news:i8FOg.12365$JR5.10661@dukeread11...
>> Troy wrote:
>>> I have recently put on an adjustable rear track bar on my 4" lifted
>>> TJ, and had to take off my upper rear adjustable control arms to get
>>> some other stuff adjusted. When they were off a friend who was
>>> watching/helping screwed them all the way down so now I'm having to
>>> find the sweet spot all over again for my pinion angle.
>>>
>>> The problem is, I just can't seem to find it anymore. I eyeballed it
>>> last time and there was a slight shake at 65mph, but now I just can't
>>> find where they need to be. So I'm gonna get the angle tools to do
>>> it, but I'm not sure which kind I need. An angle finder of some sort
>>> I'm sure, but if anyone out there can tell me what to go buy so I can
>>> measure my angles and get everything done perfectly I would be happy!
>>> I'm tired of crawling under, adjusting, crawling up, opening the gate
>>> to the yard, test driving, opening the gate again, crawling under,
>>> etc etc etc.
>>
>> Simple angle finder with a magnetic base and a tape measure.
>> http://www.vincihiperformance.com/vi...LE%20METER.jpg
>>
>> The trick is to get both upper links exactly the same length and keep the
>> proper
>> shaft angle while keeping the rear axle parallel to the front. You
>> should be
>> able to get close enough by measuring the links from center bolt to
>> center bolt.
>>
>> --
>> DougW
>>
>>
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