Ok... I decided to start a new thread on this instead of asking in my diesel trike thread.*
I want to make my trike as short as possible. *I don't want 2 feet of driveshaft connecting the transmission to the rear axle. Oh, I will likely be using a Spicer truck transmission and my rear axle is a Ford 10.25 dual tire axle that was on the Uhaul truck *(I have a 3.08 ring and pinion headed this way but that's another story?).
I know I will need the spline between the yokes *to allow some vertical movement of the rear axle. I know at least 1 degree of angle is required on the shaft so the needle bearings will turn.
I will likely haul a utility trailer with this thing so the ass end will bunch around.
Has anyone experience issues with super short driveshafts? Any recommendations would be appreciated.*
Also, *I've heard that 4x4 guys use CV joints instead due to their extreme range of motion. I don't know if it would be worth it to convert everything to use a CV.
I want to make my trike as short as possible. *I don't want 2 feet of driveshaft connecting the transmission to the rear axle. Oh, I will likely be using a Spicer truck transmission and my rear axle is a Ford 10.25 dual tire axle that was on the Uhaul truck *(I have a 3.08 ring and pinion headed this way but that's another story?).
I know I will need the spline between the yokes *to allow some vertical movement of the rear axle. I know at least 1 degree of angle is required on the shaft so the needle bearings will turn.
I will likely haul a utility trailer with this thing so the ass end will bunch around.
Has anyone experience issues with super short driveshafts? Any recommendations would be appreciated.*
Also, *I've heard that 4x4 guys use CV joints instead due to their extreme range of motion. I don't know if it would be worth it to convert everything to use a CV.