Does driveshaft yoke-to-flange orientation matter?

[Burbot]

Pole posted. In or out of phase? Speak up!

 

[Malleus]

I'm a Military Maintenance Instructor and conduct class on several platforms, Track, Wheel and Weapon systems. We have all kinds of stuff for visual aids for our students. Most of it is death by powerpoint...LOL I also believe that a picture is worth a thousand words, that's why I post a lot of visual vs explanatory posts. I find that most of my students learn faster with visual aids and discussion on the finer points.

Why do you ask?

Couldn't find that diagram in the FSM

 

[Cruzilla]

I thought as much..

 

[Cruzilla]

Here, chew on this..
It changed in 1993

Courtesy of Beno

 

[surfpig]

Couldn't find that diagram in the FSM

 

[Cruzilla]

The really funny part is that they got the pictures wrong...LOL!

 

[gummycarbs]

So, I found this really excellent series of educational videos on Youtube that explain that the yoke-to-flange orientation actually does matter, in order to minimize runout. Wish I'd found these videos years ago:



I think he discusses runout at around five minutes in.