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From: Passnb4U@aol.com <Passnb4U@aol.com>
To: greyhawk2@earthlink.net <greyhawk2@earthlink.net>;
oletrucks@autox.team.net <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Date: Sunday, April 18, 1999 9:36 PM
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] couple of questions
Mike,
Thanks for the reply and the info.
>In a message dated 4/18/99 9:17:51 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
>greyhawk2@earthlink.net writes:
>
><< When I put my motor together (350 SB) I put on an extra big oil pan,
than I
> got an after market dip stick (chrome of course) now I don't know how much
> oil to put in. Is there any way to calibrate the dipstick? Number 2, I
> understand that's important to make the driveshaft to transmission angle
> match the driveshaft to pinion angle. What's the theory here? Why does it
> cause so much grief if the pinion angle is out of whack?
>
> Ben Bennett
> 55 2nd >>
>
> You can do this two ways, if you know the size of your pan, i/e 6 quart,
>fill up the filter, pour the rest and another 4 qt's in, start it, then
shut
>it off and let it sit for a bit.
> Now check the oil and scribe a line on the dipstick with a hacksaw, just
a
>scribe, don't get crazy, this will be your add mark. Pour in another qt.
let
>it sit for a bit, then recheck and scribe again, this will be your full
mark.
> Don't try to use a punch and hammer (experience talking here) you'll
break
>the dipstick.
> If you don't recall the size of the pan you bought, use the original
>dipstick and tube, and start over again, filling the filter, adding oil (at
>least 5 quarts) then start it up, let it sit, keep doing this till you get
to
>the add mark on your original stick. Now put your new setup in, and mark
the
>new stick where the oil is as the "add" scribe, add another qt., that'll be
>your "full" scribe.
>
> As far as the angles go, the "theory" is that if the tranny yoke and the
>pinion yoke are at different angle, harmonic vibration will occur, because
if
>they are at different angles, then the u-joints needles will rotate at a
>faster/slower rate than the other ones.
> Now, I'm not to concerned with an exact setting, reason is, you can't
take
>into account all the different load heights that you car/truck will be in.
>Think about it, solo driver, driver and passengers, full tank of gas, empty
>tank, load in the back, no load, etc, plus all the combinations of any of
>them.
> When I set a rearend in, I put 250lbs in the front seat to account for me
>and tools and junk, and 100lbs in the bed, measure the tranny angle, and
try
>to get close to that on the rear, within a degree.
>
> Mike
>
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