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beaterku · 02-17-2018, 01:41 PM

My conversion U-joint arrive yesterday. I was out in the shop verifying that it's going to work and I noticed something that may be an interference. When I lift the axle up to approximate ride-height, the drive shaft is really close to the center crossmember hoop. The truck does not have the stock trans crossmember. It was originally a manual truck that somewhere along the line was converted to auto. I believe it has a 73+ trans crossmember that is bolted to the bottom frame lip. My gut is telling me that there may be something funky going on with the trans mount and cross member. I'm going to check it out tomorrow and see what is cooking.

I am hopefull to get the stock diff cover on tomorrow and located the panhard crossmember and be done with the conversion, finally!

02-17-2018, 01:41 PM	#55
beaterku Registered User Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Lenexa, KS Posts: 547	Re: 1972 SWB Build My conversion U-joint arrive yesterday. I was out in the shop verifying that it's going to work and I noticed something that may be an interference. When I lift the axle up to approximate ride-height, the drive shaft is really close to the center crossmember hoop. The truck does not have the stock trans crossmember. It was originally a manual truck that somewhere along the line was converted to auto. I believe it has a 73+ trans crossmember that is bolted to the bottom frame lip. My gut is telling me that there may be something funky going on with the trans mount and cross member. I'm going to check it out tomorrow and see what is cooking. I am hopefull to get the stock diff cover on tomorrow and located the panhard crossmember and be done with the conversion, finally!