Who can give me a angle sitting in level ground what a stock or mildly lifted rear pinion angle is. Kind of like this.
Rear pinion flange angle (1 Viewer)
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What kind of truck? 40, 60, minitruck?
Here’s what I have on the Toyota’s, none have double cardon joints on the rear shafts.
88 4Runner - 14 degrees with clapped out stock springs.
89 Pickup - 6 degrees with stock springs and lots of highway miles.
16 4Runner - 3 degrees with link suspension
88 4Runner - 14 degrees with clapped out stock springs.
89 Pickup - 6 degrees with stock springs and lots of highway miles.
16 4Runner - 3 degrees with link suspension
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All over the place. I think I'm about 18* on the 4runner. But it's parked on a hill. 15 might be a better angle for me.
caz
Keystone Cruisers
You should match the angle of the flange on your tcase if you have a standard drive shaft - or a few degrees lower to account for axle wrap
If you have a double joint at the top, you should angle it so the pinion is in line with the driveshaft - and slightly lower to account for axle wrap.
If you have a double joint at the top, you should angle it so the pinion is in line with the driveshaft - and slightly lower to account for axle wrap.
Yeah, it's worth the time to set the axle under the truck with the spring perches set on the axle, the u-bolts loosely attached and the full weight of the truck on both axles, so you can rotate the pinion to the proper angle. I did this wrong the first time and had to redo it due to excessive vibration as a result of the pinion angle being too steep.