<VV> Driveshaft alignment/install

[Sethracer at aol.com]

In a message dated 9/12/2009 11:23:12 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
grymm at echoes.net writes:

If you  think thats tacky and clumsy...   I recall laying on my back,  
gripping the brake drum with my thighs and working the axle/universal with  
my hands.......   yes I'm serious... but then I'm young and  dumb(er).


Ray Rodriguez III


The best solution I have seen for the axle alignment/reinstallation  was 
developed by Fran Schmidt, I believe. It involves the duplication of  the 
installed height of the shock absorber at regular ride height. When  installed 
on the car - prior to the removal of the powertrain - it maintains the  
correct relationship of the driveshaft and the lower control/strut rod so that  
the trailing arm is in the correct location to re-install the driveshaft and 
the  lower control arm. This should make the re-install much easier. I think 
Fran  made his set from a length of threaded rod, just bending one end into 
a loop for  the lower mount. There are probably several ways to do this. 
 
Seth  Emerson

C's the Day! - Corvair, Camaro,  Corvette