Originally Posted by
dlotraf33
Josh, either get the correct trans tailhousing lenth, or measure the difference and take your driveshaft to wrecking and pick up one correct lenth. You can get a one piece drive shaft, if thats what you have, for even the long bed. I have a long bed, with short th350 and a one piece driveshaft. The bad thing about switching tail shafts, is it is the second piece you install when reassembling the trans. So it all has to come apart. Alot of work, and if you are not expierenced in rebuilding, quite a mess. Also a couple of special tools are required to do this.