Hey guys. I have a few questions and need help. 1). I´m thinking of bying a drive shaft from speedwaymotors, but with a price of $89 i´m getting a little skeptical (it´s like $400 if i bye a custom made here in sweden). Has anybody tried them? 2). Were can I find a chevy to ford U-joint who fit my Rod? It has a chevy th 350 and a 56' rear axle. Don't know if my 56' axle has the same U-joint as a 8". Last but not least... Can anybody help me to put up pictures of my Hot rod? I have a few pictures on our myspace, under pictures. It´s a 29' pick-up. http://www.myspace.com/dementedcarclub Thanx, urban
Measure the Pinion yoke on your rearend to be sure. You need cap diameter (either 1 1/8" or 1 1/16") and width between ends. There should be 2 little tabs on the face of the yoke where the caps should end, measure between those. I'm pretty sure the u joint (called a conversion joint) is available from speedway as well. Pretty sure those driveshafts are OK. Good luck.
I have used this driveshaft from Speedway....just order the rear joint for your rear end....Everything worked very well for me...
I have used the Speedway drive shaft great quality. You need to know the rear end ujoint width and cap size. One of the part number is 372 Precision brand.
Ok, sounds good, just don´t want to push the car home becuse I bought the cheepest drive shaft on the market haha. When you orderd youre drive shaft and rear joint did you order a drive shaft with chevy U-joint?
u-joints are just that "universal" chevy and ford used many of the same ones. what year 8" is it? the more measuring you do and post that info someone here will chime in with the correct part you need.
It seems ford and chevy shared similiar u-joints, because I have swapped driveshafts out of both, just changing the trans. yoke. Of course this was done on older cars and trucks. Just have to measure and call there tech. line.
There are a lot of U joints that Ford and Chevrolet share so swapping isn't always difficult. Universal joint catalogs at the parts stores usually have both a dimension chart and a page or so of "combination" joints that will have two different sizes and or two different clip or lock styles that allow you to mix and match. I'm not sure if you have a 1956 Ford, 1956 Chevrolet or ????? rear end but you can cheat a bit and go to www.oreillyauto.com and plug in the year and model of the car that the differential came out of and with a few clicks it will show you the parts number for that universal joint. Something like this http://www.oreillyauto.com/site/c/s...=Chevrolet&model=Bel+Air&year=1956&vi=1326305 Although I buy a lot of parts from them I use the online catalog to cheat when figuring out what fits what a lot of the time. It will give you brands and parts numbers that you can walk into your favorite auto parts store in Sweden and give them the information and they should be able to cross reference to brands that they handle. On Ujoints either a Precision or Dana Spicer number should cross reference world wide.
Thanx for all the answers, especially sins I forgot to mention that it´s -56 ford axle. Cheers from sweden
No need to mail-order anything for this "problem". Conversion U-joints are available at every auto parts store. There are about 5 different kinds. Measurements or known applications of rearend/driveshaft/yoke should be provided and it's a fifteen minute trip to the store if you know one with competant counterhelp.
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