Yes and Yes. But remember, universal joints must be kept "in phase". In
other words, the inner yokes must be aligned with each other on a drive
shaft and, of course, that means that the outer yokes will be aligned. There
is an amount of acceleration/deceleration that drive shafts will experience
when transmitting power through steep angles. Try steering a 4 wheel drive
truck under power when in FWD at full right or left steering angle and you
will experience the driveline "fighting" itself. Power take off shafts on
farm equipment often have to transmit power through a near 90 degree angle
when turning corners in a field. Any misalignment on the yokes will cause
all sorts of nasty sounds and vibrations. Most PTO shafts have an indexed
spline so that they cannot be assembled out-of-phase. Make sure your drive
shaft yokes are aligned and the splines are greased. The splines have to
slide as the drive shaft length varies with suspension movement.
Alex Thomson
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Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2012 5:01 PM
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Subject: [TR] TR6 drive shaft
75 TR6 drive shaft -- is it supposed to slide?
If so, can it be disassembled and cleaned?
Jeff Scarbrough
Corrosion Acres, Ga.
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