Thread: Ford 9" sizing question

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If lining up the drive shaft is hard on u-joints how do all the no-offset rear end u-joints hold up? Just put the pinion angle in the joint vertically instead of horizontally. The u-joint needle bearings don't care which way they are pitched, as long as they move enough to avoid creating flat spots.

How many no offset uni`s have you seen in the last 50 years or so....

My son's 95 camaro has a ford 9' in it. We ordered it with the drive shaft straight because there is no room in a camaro tunnel for anything but. It has thousands of track & street miles on it [mostly street miles] and the u-joints are fine. As I said all the u-joint needle bearings need is a little pitch to keep them rotating, they don't care if it is is from a vertical or horizontal angle.

Pro70, need to read my post again...