Quote Originally Posted by Itoldyouso View Post
On an enclosed driveline like the early Fords and some Chevies, you have to loosen and move the rear end back a little to get room to drop the torque tube. I think there is a way around that, but I forget as it has been so many years since I did one.

Don
Nope Don, there really isn't a way around that on Ford's at least (unless you pull the engine) - and I have a nicely scarred right index finger from poking the enclosed u-joint back into place to prove that