Front drive shaft yoke angle??

[Orange74]

Ok so my issue is that the front drive shaft yoke on my d300 has about a +5* angle. This is causing my front drive shaft to bind at full droop. I used some 3/8 plate and made a spacer to go between the mount and the the drive assembly and this helped with the angle a little and before I go and make a bigger spacer I thought I would see if anyone has came across this issue or has a better idea.

 

[Chris Pucci]

How are your motor mounts?

If I recall the front output is always pointing up a bit as the factory made the compromise and set the rear angle down a bit.... So as you change stuff around it can just make the front worse....

 

[Orange74]

I replaced the the trans and motor mounts about 2-3 years go with the rpt mount from ihon, they have about 5000 miles on them.

 

[ihpartsjeff]

Your crossmember and transmission mounts all look to be installed correctly. The drivetrain came stock from the factory with about 5* slant for better rear driveshaft angle. There probably is going to need more pinion angle put into that front axle before you'll make a driveshaft reach and not bind. In conjunction you will probably need some offset driveshaft ujoints(sold on our online store) and even possibly some grinding/clearing of the yokes themselves. You can try first with the grinding of the yokes and the offset ujoints to see if that works.

 

[Orange74]

Thank you Jeff I think the grinding on the yokes will be my best option. I do have an off set u-joint at the t-case all ready.