ken sampson

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Do most transmissions use a drive shaft or Cardan joint? Or do some just plug on to the outdrive shaft? any photos out there? Thanks

picklenjim

Some have drive shafts especially in a staggered engine set up. Usually the cardan joint is located on the input shaft of the drive to allow for trimming of the drive. Here you can see one on a TRS drive. The splined input shaft will plug into the tail stock of the transmission.
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tcelano

The outdrive has a double cardan joint on the input shaft to allow it to operate at high angles with no pulsing, like a constant-velocity joint.

If you have a driveline setup like those used with extension boxes, then the transmission has a standard spicer flange, and the jackshaft has standard single u-joints on each end. This requires a tailstock assembly that is just a big bearing with a flange on the front and a socket for the drive input shaft on the aft side. I'd take pictures of mine, but you aren't going to see much...

ken sampson

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How about the shaft on the trans that goes into the bell housing would anyone know how far into the bell housing this should be? 2" or 2-1/4"?