How to keep you pinion right with a 2-link

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How to keep you pinion right with a 2-link
huskerdually avatar
huskerdually
+1y
As we all know with a 2-link your pinion angle changes with ride height, so if you set it at ride height whenever you go up and down your pinion angle is incorrect. Well I was doing some reading the other day and I seen if you run a cv joint at the transmission end you are supposed to have the pinion pointed at the output of the tranny. So if you ran a cv joint and set the pinion pointed at the tranny and then could run your link bars so that the front pivot was the same as the front cv joint your pinion angle would always be right no matter what the height. Now that doesn't fix the rest of the 2-link shortcomings but it would fix the biggest one for our type of vehicle.

Now it probably wont really work with our cc duallys due to the fact you would have to have 8' long link bars. But I had this epiphany and thought I would share.

Now bow before me.
dropd80s avatar
dropd80s
+1y
You wouldn't need 8' bars if you ran a two piece drive line, and a double cardan.
Now bow before me.....
jcampbell1180 avatar
jcampbell1180
+1y
I had to R&R my rear U-joint this weekend.

Kinda sucked but it wasn't that bad. Mrs. Campy was pissed at me anyhow, so at least it kept me out of the house (read: warpath) for a while.
huskerdually avatar
huskerdually
+1y
No they wouldn't, but it was kinda exaggeration.

Mrs. Husker was sick all weekend.
huskerdually avatar
huskerdually
+1y
Did it fix your vibration?
jcampbell1180 avatar
jcampbell1180
+1y
Yup.

Drove it to work this fine, brisk SoCal morning.
dragnasty avatar
dragnasty
+1y
I always set mine up where the drive shaft runs straight with the rearend yoke at ride height. Before everyone tells me Im wrong and thats stupid, F ya, it works for me and Ive neer had driveline vibrations or worn out Ujoints.
huskerdually avatar
huskerdually
+1y


What 60? It's not getting above 40 here today, was 20 when I drove to work.
jcampbell1180 avatar
jcampbell1180
+1y


Funny...that's how mine is.
jcampbell1180 avatar
jcampbell1180
+1y


It was 35-ish when I left this morning. 'Bout 70 right now.

I may dislike parts of this state...but I love the weather.

Rust? What's that?