Thread: How far will front driveshaft yoke slide into turbo 350 tailstock?

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Originally posted by brianrupnow
One of those unwritten rules that I have kind of "always known" is that when building a driveshaft, have full weight on vehicle suspension, slide front yoke into tailstock untill 1'' between rear of tailstock and shoulder on yoke, and make that the basis for driveshaft measuring. I did that on my current roadster pickup project, (even made driveshaft 1/8" less than I measured). Tonight when I went to reassemble things, the yoke didn't want to slide in past that 1". It's a good thing that I actually went 1/8" less, or I wouldn't have got the driveshaft to go in.-----Now I'm curious---did somebody change the rules while I wasn't looking, or is it possible that since its an old transmission, the splines have worn to a "set" because it went a zillion miles with that same universal at that particular amount of insertion.---On a new turbo 350 will that front yoke slide in untill the shoulder hits the tailstock, or am I smokin something?

is the trans out put shaft protruding pass the oil seal, if it is thats as far as yoke will go. if the out put shaft is up inside the tail housing then it should go all the way untill the shoulder hits the tailstock. the splines should go to the bottom of the yoke.

ps- could be grease or air keeping it from going in all of the way.