Anyone with a 3550 have to get their driveshaft shortened?

nick6690

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I can't get my driveshaft to clear the pinion on my rear end when I go to put it in. I tried it with the car jacked up by the frame with the rear end hanging down and it still does it. I have a 3550 in my car and I'm thinking it might be a little longer than the t5 but I'm not sure. Has anyone had to get their driveshaft cut? Thanks for any help.

 

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Never. I've installed a 3550 in two Fox's with ZERO issues like that. Something is wrong.

 

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Nope. I've ran a stock shaft and my current aluminum shaft with mine and had no issues. It's not even tight.

 

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what could cause everything to be out of alignment?

 

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I have a 3550 with a aluminum ds and it slipped right in. car could have been rear ended in the past, but Id measure the tranny/ds combo when it was installed, then measure the "new setup" see if there's a diff

 

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we installed one in my buddies car and it had to have a shortened drive shaft

 

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Shaolin Crane said:

we installed one in my buddies car and it had to have a shortened drive shaft

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how much did he have to get taken out?

 

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I put 3550 in my 91 and it matched right up.

 

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No you do not have to get it shortened for sure. Do you have the engine set back at all? Adjustable lower control arms? What yoke is on it.

 

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whats weird is i have a similar problem in my car, my DS is so tight to the transmission(TKO) that it actually ripped the seal a little bit, and when we put my buddies TKO600 in my car it wasnt like that, im gonna get myne shortened this yeard but i have asked around and i cant get a straight answer about how much of the yoke should be showing

 

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just wondering how does the shifter line up with the boot ? do u have the engine set back or something aftermarket kmember?

 

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nick6690 said:

how much did he have to get taken out?

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2"

 

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I have a stock k member, stock motor mounts, stock pinion flange, but I have J&M control arms.

The reason the drive shaft was out is because the clutch went out in my car. It was hard as hell to get the driveshaft out, I had to unbolt the lower control arms and upon doing so, I noticed the torque box on the drivers side was pretty messed up. The passenger side didnt look too bad tho. I got some battle boxes and put those in and welded up the seams around the boxes. I wouldn't think the torque box would cause the driveshaft to have that tight of a fit would it? It was only on one side too.