cpmman Posted June 11, 2011 Share Posted June 11, 2011 Does the small taper of the drive shaft go towards the front (transmission end) or towards the rear end? It seems you can put a drive shaft in backwards and want to be sure not to.. Thanks,,, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
502ci Posted June 11, 2011 Share Posted June 11, 2011 Does the small taper of the drive shaft go towards the front (transmission end) or towards the rear end? It seems you can put a drive shaft in backwards and want to be sure not to.. Thanks,,, The smaller taper goes towards the transmission and the longer taper goes towards the rear... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cpmman Posted June 12, 2011 Author Share Posted June 12, 2011 Thanks Bill...are you 100% sure? I believe it does too but wanted to be certain prior to installing Thanks again... Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
502ci Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 Thanks Bill...are you 100% sure? Well to be honest when I answered you earlier I had to go into my basement and look at my original driveshaft...it still has the tranny shaft on the smaller tapered end... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zmanabba Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 No shame in making sure. I had to bring in a drive shaft to get it lengthened. It was off of my 76 gmc that I had lifted 6 inches. As I was telling the guy behind the counter how long it needed to be-he looked at me and said "you know it's backwards right?". I had been running it that way for 3 years!!! I think I lied to him and said the truck came that way. When I came back to pick up the lenghtened shaft he had put the trans yoke on the right end for me. Did I mention I used to be ASE certified? David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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